Thursday 26^TH

It was a nice morning and after breakfast Ian set off on a walk along the Pennine track in the opposite way to yesterday.  He had no intention of going as far as he did however now feels he can call himself a fell walker.  He climbed quite a hill outside Hawes.  I  the rounds of the shops trying to replace two wine glasses that I managed to break last night.  I finally found some in the Electrical shop.  Obviously Hawes  has not got a lot of shops and those that are here seem to sell the oddest of things.  The chemist sells wine, the lolly shop sells tobacco.  The supermarket is a nightmare.   They have a row full of chocolates however trying to find tea was impossible and I finally had to ask. The young fellow isn’t particularly friendly and pointed to the small shelf as if I must have been blind not to see it. 

When Ian arrived back we headed out to see the Ribblehead Viaduct, another of Ian’s obsessions with railways.  This is a pretty impressive structure across a valley.  We had seen it before and crossed it in the train from Settle to Garsdale Head 10 years ago.  After a photo stop and a walk to the viaduct we drove on to Horton-In-Ribblesdale where we had a late lunch and chattered to the lady serving for ages.  People are so friendly and always ready to tell us about the area.   We then drove on to Settle, had a walk around and drove back to Hawes.

Ribblehead Viaduct stretching across the valley