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The walk for this month, led by Janet And Jim, was on home ground and incorporated yet another lovely section of the Ribble Way and consisted of an outward section along the south bank and a return following the north bank. The weather for the walk, as forecast, was dull, but mostly dry and generally pleasant walking conditions. Starting from the car park of the Aspinall Arms, our group of nine plus two dogs set off along the Ribble Way, heading towards Clitheroe, but it wasn’t long before a dog decided to go for a swim in the river. Unfortunately, the bank at this point was quite steep and he had some trouble climbing up. Leaving the river at Edisford bridge, we continued through the grounds of the swimming pool, back to the river and on to the cemetery, joined Read more

On an overcast day, only five ramblers assembled at Gordale Bridge,north east of Malham. The route initially started uphill in a westerly direction until the Malham Tarn road was crossed, then swung upwards to reach the top of Malham Cove. By now the group were walking in low cloud and it thickened as they climbed slowly up the dry valley known as Watlowes, scrambled to the top of Comb Scar and crossed the Settle road at Lancaster Gate. At this point Malham Tarn could be seen during gaps in the mist before turning west then south west to Nappa Cross where lunch was taken. This obelisk has recently been restored. From here the route dropped steeply downhill, into the line of the Mid-Craven Fault to reach Malham, thence crossing Malham Beck and following downstream until it met Gordale Beck, (This Read more