TUESDAY  24^th

The mist that fell over the valley late yesterday was still hanging on this morning when we woke.  Ian went off for a walk after breakfast and when he came back we went off driving towards Skipton.  It was hard to see very far and as we climbed higher the mist became thicker.  We went through a lot of little villages with the quaintest of names and finally stopped at Buckden for lunch at the Buck Inn.  The pubs have some amazing names as well.  After lunch we continued on and stopped at Bolton Abbey.  This is enormous and just one of hundreds that was demolished by King Henry V111 during the reformation.  The nave survived the demolishing and was used as the Parish church for the locals and is still in use today.  Right next to it is a huge property and manor house belonging to the Duke of Devenshire, just one of his many properties in England and Ireland.  Beautiful grounds.  By the time we had reached Embsay just outside Skipton it was after 5.00 so had a quick look at the Railway (missed the last steam train ride) and headed back to Hawes.   Although the mist had made it hard to see much we discovered the colours changing on the trees and this certainly adds to the colours and vista in the valleys.  Some trees are already quite yellow. 

Looking down to Burnsall with the misty hills in the background. The road winds around through these little villages.