A riverside walk along the River Swale in sunshine and hail showers
Distance: 6km; Ascent: 110m; Sunshine & hail; with Lynsey, Isabel, Olivia, John, Steph, Sierra & Jack
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After spending the night at the YHA's Grinton Lodge hostel, we decided to go for a walk in nearby Swaledale. We set off walking just after 11am from near Maiden Castle and headed down the road to pick up a pleasant footpath eastwards down the dale.
It was lovely and sunny today and out of the wind it actually felt quite warm! Whilst the weather was good we stopped for a picnic down by the River Swale, before continuing on eastwards. The good weather wasn't to last and soon we were walking in full waterproofs due to the arrival of a very heavy hail storm!
Luckily the hail and rain didn't last for long and we were soon back in the sunshine :-) At the end of the footpath, Lynsey and Steph headed into Grinton village with the children whilst John and I walked back along the road to retrieve the cars, before we all adorned to the pub before heading home after a lovely weekend.
After spending the night at the YHA's Grinton Lodge hostel, we decided to go for a walk in nearby Swaledale. We set off walking just after 11am from near Maiden Castle and headed down the road to pick up a pleasant footpath eastwards down the dale.
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| Looking west up Swaledale |
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| Heading east down Swaledale |
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| River Swale |
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| Reeth |
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| Daffodils |
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