LEJOG day 35: Malham to Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Today was good up until my feet broke. I really can't say much more than that!
We left Malham in our waterproofs and almost immediately regretted it when we had to climb up the edge of Malham Cove. The rain obligingly stopped and we managed to slog our way across the limestone pavement at the top - which although it may be ecologically extremely valuable, is not easy to walk over, especially not when it's wet and slippery - in relative comfort.
The rest of the morning passed pleasantly enough as we made our way over grassy fells to Malham Tarn, with the weather obligingly staying dry. We bumped into my second JOGLEr and then, after passing Tennant Gill, everything sort of went to pieces. We climbed up what began to strongly resemble a moor in rain and, eventually, mist- all rather familiar from Monday- on increasingly rough paths until, dropping down to start a climb up Pen-Y-Ghent, everything from my waist downwards decided to make its feelings known. In particular, my left foot and ankle hurt in a way very reminiscent of the walk into and from Penkridge. So we had a little sit down by the road and replanned our route to cut out several miles and all of Pen-Y-Ghent, and I'm hoping that by the additional rest this evening the suspiciously specifically painful spot I've found on my right foot will magically repair itself so I can carry on with the second half of my adventure.
Distance walked: 12.94 miles
Time taken: 4h33
Percentage completed: 48.3%
Miles per £1 of boot: 4.44
Lunch: (in two halves) two rounds of ham sandwiches, an apple, packet of cheese and onion crisps and a gluten chocolate cake (the YHA seem to often provide gluten free cakes in their packed lunches, I assume because they're pre-packaged); plus a Belgian chocolate flapjack
Last night's B&B: the youth hostel at Malham, which was on a par with Penzance rather than Bath
The other part of the reason we didn't climb Pen-Y-Ghent
Not a bad view from our room window
We left Malham in our waterproofs and almost immediately regretted it when we had to climb up the edge of Malham Cove. The rain obligingly stopped and we managed to slog our way across the limestone pavement at the top - which although it may be ecologically extremely valuable, is not easy to walk over, especially not when it's wet and slippery - in relative comfort.
The rest of the morning passed pleasantly enough as we made our way over grassy fells to Malham Tarn, with the weather obligingly staying dry. We bumped into my second JOGLEr and then, after passing Tennant Gill, everything sort of went to pieces. We climbed up what began to strongly resemble a moor in rain and, eventually, mist- all rather familiar from Monday- on increasingly rough paths until, dropping down to start a climb up Pen-Y-Ghent, everything from my waist downwards decided to make its feelings known. In particular, my left foot and ankle hurt in a way very reminiscent of the walk into and from Penkridge. So we had a little sit down by the road and replanned our route to cut out several miles and all of Pen-Y-Ghent, and I'm hoping that by the additional rest this evening the suspiciously specifically painful spot I've found on my right foot will magically repair itself so I can carry on with the second half of my adventure.
Distance walked: 12.94 miles
Time taken: 4h33
Percentage completed: 48.3%
Miles per £1 of boot: 4.44
Lunch: (in two halves) two rounds of ham sandwiches, an apple, packet of cheese and onion crisps and a gluten chocolate cake (the YHA seem to often provide gluten free cakes in their packed lunches, I assume because they're pre-packaged); plus a Belgian chocolate flapjack
Last night's B&B: the youth hostel at Malham, which was on a par with Penzance rather than Bath
Not a bad view at all!
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