Just back from a three-day backpack in the Yorkshire Three Peaks area. On the way out of Stainforth I picked up a camera memory card - only four pics on it, one of which is the face shown here. Perhaps you recognise her? More than happy to return the memory card - just post a comment here or drop me an email (john@outdoorsmanning.com) and it shall be returned. I’m sure you can prove it’s yours by mentioning where the pics were taken.
Steph and I were treated to a pint by Mike Harding (Steph had a fruity thing, owing to her condition of course) in Stainforth’s Craven Heifer last night.
While we were nattering, hosts Dean and Jen walked in with the new Christmas menu. Any hiking groups looking for a venue for their Christmas dinners might want to give it a try – menu available here – the food’s grand, the walking hereabouts is fantastic and the neighbours are tolerable.
Email Jen and Dean (no, they’re not a ’60s surf duo) at info@thecravenheifer.co.uk or call them on 01729 822599.
Been out and about locally quite a bit recently, putting various items of kit through their paces. And I’ve taken the liberty of to devising several routes which all took me past Stainforth Foss in Ribblesdale, where the salmon have been returning to spawn further up the valley.
The sight of the salmon leaping the foss is one of the most magnificent I’ve experienced since Steph and I moved to the Dales last year.
Plenty of other folk gathered at the falls last Sunday and the collective “ooohs” and “aaahs” reminded me of a crowd at a firework display – though the sight of the salmon casting themselves against the tremendous force of the water was far more special than mere gunpowder and lights.
