Whernside at Easter
Decided I would kick off this years hikes with a walk up Whernside in Yorkshire. Going anywhere on Easter Sunday can be a pain and it took ages to drive over to the starting point at Ribble Viaduct. When I arrived there were hundreds already there and parked cars lined the road for almost a mile past the Station Inn. Thankfully the authorities have put in additional parking areas so while I had to go quite a distance from the start, I did get parked. I took a lot of photos as I went along but unfortunately the weather was very overcast so they are a bit dark. The car temp indicator registered 5.5 ° C when I was leaving but that fell to 3 degrees by the time I arrived back. the wind was light and conditions for the walk were dry although there was rain in the preceding days so some spots were a bit muddy. Whernside is the tallest of the Yorkshire three peaks at 730m and the expected time for the route up the left side, across the ridge and down ...