Day 7 Kettlewell to Dentdale

The day dawned beautiful and sunny again and we headed north again through Hubberholme, this dale is one of my favourites. It starts quietly with the river bubbling alongside the road and sheep hopping about. Then when you least expect it the road takes a sharp right and you have a stiff winding climb up on to the moor. There's a viewpoint at the summit at around 2000ft and then you have a fast descent down to Gayle, Calum almost touched 50mph here. There's a great cafe at the west end of Hawes, it's mostly frequented by users of two wheel vehicles, with or without engines. The tea comes in giant mugs and the bacon sandwiches have to be seen to be believed. We then went up to look at the Ribblehead Viaduct, I think Calum was underwhelmed and I must confess it looks better with a steam train on it. We lay in the sun for a while and then went down to the hostel in Dentdale. We stayed in at night but later discovered that there is a pub not far down the dale.