Whernside

17/03/2019

Syd and I had a surprisingly good walk on Sunday. Better weather than expected, clear views to a snowy Ingleborough and some interesting limestone features on route. We passed Rowten Pot on our return along the Turbary Road above Kingsdale. We were not troubled by surface water on our route. Whernside was quite snowy when we set out, but most of this had melted away before we got to the summit. It gave a good round above Kingsdale, one to add to the options list for future meets at Clapham.

Below shows Syd striding ahead – as he was much of the day! This is the last descent back to the car through the limestone pavements below the Turbary Road. Across the way you can see the track we started out on, before climbing left up Twistleton Scar to follow the long ridge up Whernside.

David A