Yorkshire Dales

A family weekend away camping in the Dales was just what I needed.

Saturday was particularly fantastic. The weather was gorgeous and the scenery magnificent. We walked from Malham to Janet's Foss, a waterfall where (local legend has it) the Queen of the fairies lives. We climbed up the waterfall in Goredale Scar (a bit scary!), found a geocache above it, then walked on to Malham Tarn through classic limestone pavement scenery - blue sky, white limestone, and bright green grass studded with tiny yellow wild pansies.

We lunched by the tarn, then returned via Water Sinks, the Watlowes dry valley, and Malham Cove itself.

The icing on an already-not-inconsiderable cake was seeing the Peregrine Falcons nesting on the cliffs of the Cove.

We rounded the day off with ice creams in Malham, and dinner in the pub at Kirkby Malham with a couple of pints of Black Sheep to accompany it. Bliss :-)