Og is going to Yorkshire

[oggbashan]

Tomorrow evening my wife and I are climbing into our car and heading for West Yorkshire for a week.

I haven't visited Yorkshire, to see it, since I camped near Askrigg in 1957 with the Boy Scouts. I have been there several times on business and seen factories, conference and board rooms but not the towns or countryside. I could have been anywhere.

We will be based near Settle. Any suggestions of places that we should visit?

Og

 

[Goldie Munro]

Where in Yorkshire is Settle, Ogg?

 

[wishfulthinking]

Sorry to butt in, but I have a craving for percy pigs - could you stop in at the nearest Marks & Sparks on the way and pick me up a packet? Yummm...

 

[oggbashan]

Where in Yorkshire is Settle, Ogg?

Somewhere in the bottom left. I don't know exactly where until I get there - if I do. My wife is navigating.

Only joking, she's quite good at map reading, but I have never been to that part of Yorkshire and when I visited in 1957 there weren't any motorways - we travelled everywhere by train on lines that don't exist any more.

Og

 

[snooper]

... I haven't visited Yorkshire, to see it, since I camped near Askrigg in 1957 with the Boy Scouts. ...

I think you'll find it's changed a bit.

... We will be based near Settle. Any suggestions of places that we should visit?

A must is a ride to Carlisle by rail. The Settle and Carlisle is a miracle of engineering and passes through countryside so beautiful it could almost be in Wales.

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Re: Og is going to Yorkshire

A must is a ride to Carlisle by rail. The Settle and Carlisle is a miracle of engineering and passes through countryside so beautiful it could almost be in Wales.

That is the only definite item on the schedule.

Og

 

[snooper]

Another suggestion is to drive up to Ambleside (50 miles from Settle) and leave on the Coniston road (A593), not far out of Ambleside turn right on to the unnumbered road signposted to Cockley Beck and follow that road across Hardknott Pass and down into Eskdale. (Look out for the Ratty as you go down the dale.)
Then take the A595 to Broughton and back to Settle via Penny Bridge. If seaside takes your fancy you can go a little further south on the way back to Ulverstone and/or Grange-over-Sands.

PS Don't forget your passport, and they still use £sd in some of the more outlying villages.

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks, Snooper.

Og

 

[Alex De Kok]

If you follow Snooper's suggestion and go over Hard Knott and Wrynose, be prepared for 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 gradients. I took (notice I don't say rode) a bicycle over there some years ago. Coming down was scary! Beautiful, though. The Ratty Arms at Ravenglass used to do a fair meal.

Grange-over-Sands station is rather nicely preserved. If you get to Lancaster (remember to change your Rose allegiance) the Waterwitch (on the canal) does a good cheese board. They had over forty different whiskies and a dozen or more vodkas when I was in last. The only pub I've ever been in with Pilsner Urquell on draught (never having visited the Czech Republic).

Take local advice, too, and spend some time roaming the Dales. My wife and I spent some time at West Witton and it was marvellous having the local trainer's string of racehorses rattling past on their way to the gallops while we breakfasted.

Alex

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks, Alex.

I will have a lightly loaded 2 litre car so shouldn't have problems with hills. I first drove (illegally) in Gibraltar. Almost all the roads are UP.

Og

 

[Just-Legal]

Hmm

How far is Settle from Leeds? Anyone? I know plenty of nice places to eat in Leeds. Very metropolitan, we even have a Harvey Nichols...

 

[gauchecritic]

Never actually been to Settle but just across the way, and assuming that Pen-y-ghent is a bit steep, Great Wernside is a nice steady walk upwards and the view is something else. (all five peaks of the Five Peaks Race).

From Grassington to Buckden is a lovely valley to motor through and plenty of places of interest (Cow and Calf spring to mind) and walks aplenty.

Skipton is surprisingly pleasant as is Ilkley. (Don't forget your 'at)

The obvious place in West Yorkshire is Howarth (one of Perdita's stories is set there) And should you want boy scout memories brought to the fore, then the steam railway is also obvious.

Way over into North Yorkshire there's the new Filingdales early warning microwave machine (which fries birds that get too close... something to think about next time you use your mobile) but that's not half as impressive as the now defunct "golf balls".

If you venture over to the coast I'll be in Bridlington for the week.

The number of castles is enormous as I'm sure you know but, for the benefit of our cousins overseas, Leeds castle isn't in West Yorkshire.

I've heard that Malham Tarn is a nice visit.

Gauche

 

[gauchecritic]

Hmm

How far is Settle from Leeds? Anyone? I know plenty of nice places to eat in Leeds. Very metropolitan, we even have a Harvey Nichols...

About 50 or 60 miles. Maybe more.

Gauche

 

[Teenage Venus]

About 50 or 60 miles. Maybe more.

It must have moved , It was nearer than that a month ago.

Ogg. Settle is a nice market town. Not sure what you are interested in, but Malam Tarn is a short uphill drive from there. Several films have been made there, (Another Man's Poison - Bette Davis is your era ), and some of Emerdale was filmed there. Just down the road is Clapham cave, and if you fancy a hike, Ingleborough is great (easier to climb than Whernside or Pen-y-ghent) - you can see Morecambe bay most days, and the Isle of Man on a good day. White Scare Caverns is worth a visit. It's the other end of Clapham cave, and reached from Ingleton.

Ain't far to 'Ilkley Moor', and there are loads of other interesting spots. (Just a thought - type Settle in Google and see what you come up with.) I lived at High Bentham for a year, so know the area well. You can do a quick trip to Windermere or Coniston too.

You have a good trip.
Candida

 

[Guest]

Another Man's Poison

TV, I have the video, will watch it anew.

Perdita

 

[Teenage Venus]

TV, I have the video, will watch it anew.

Granddad went to the grammar school at Clapham - just down the road - they took over the school for inside shots, and used Malam for the water stuff.

I ain't seen the film yet (a bit before my time . I will give it a look though - if I can find a black and white TV

 

[oggbashan]

Og is back - sort of...

I arrived back late last night but I cannot get my ISP to work on my home computer. I think it is sulking - like the cats who rushed to greet us and spent the rest of the evening informing us of their disapproval for abandoning them to the care of a daughter.

Normal service should be resumed tomorrow or when I take an axe to the home PC.

Greetings to all.

What did I miss?

Og (who has sore feet from too much walking)

PS. Yes we went by train from Settle to Carlisle and back, visited Malham Tarn; Malham Cove; Skipton; Hawes (and had a cheese ploughmans at the Wensleydale Cheese factory); Ingleborough Cave (I'm not the right shape or size for caves); visited a falconry centre and had a bald eagle perched on my arm; a horse health centre and watched horses being swum in an indoor pool; visited several churches and cathedrals and met the church cats. (Did you know that Ely Cathedral has a new statue of the Virgin Mary in their restored Lady Chapel that the choirboys refer to as Charlie Dimmock? - reference only valid for Brits. I know Ely isn't in Yorkshire but we went there on the way back.)

 

[Teenage Venus]

Ingleborough Cave (I'm not the right shape or size for caves); visited a falconry centre and had a bald eagle perched on my arm;

You missed a treat, Ogg. That cave - or the mile or so open to the public - is as spacious as a rail tunnel, but better lighting - and safer . I guess that bald eagle is the same one that shat on my skirt. (On the right going from Clapham to Settle.)

Anyway, welcome back to 'Pervert's Paradise', and good luck with your computer .

PS: Peeing in a pot and soaking your feet in it eases the aching. But rinse 'em well before making love to the wife - or 'bit on the side'

 

[oggbashan]

You missed a treat, Ogg. That cave - or the mile or so open to the public - is as spacious as a rail tunnel, but better lighting - and safer . I guess that bald eagle is the same one that shat on my skirt. (On the right going from Clapham to Settle.)

Anyway, welcome back to 'Pervert's Paradise', and good luck with your computer .

PS: Peeing in a pot and soaking your feet in it eases the aching. But rinse 'em well before making love to the wife - or 'bit on the side'

Thank you.

I didn't miss the cave. The low roof in parts was very difficult for someone my size with a damaged back. I managed but I suffered for it.

The feet were washed every evening and morning. One unfortunate part of being diabetic is that the feet are vulnerable and I think that injuries to them take longer to heal. I'm not sure because I have only been diagnosed diabetic for about 6 weeks. (Makes memo to ask Med student daughter tonight. She's now in her sixth and last year as a student.)

I've enjoyed being away. Now NaNoWriMo looms and I haven't got a plot - yet.

Og

PS. My guide to the cave was a Geology student, or he will be next week. I didn't tell him that I'm an FRGS. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society)

 

[Teenage Venus]

FRGS.

You should add an 'I' into the center of that, Ogg - more becoming on this site (My English knowledge belies 'frig' as being an abreviation of refrigerator - more of a fun sport ).
Glad you made the cave - forgot you were slightly taller in stature than me.

On a serious note: Sorry about the diabetes. A consolation is that if developed in later life (not that I'm intimating you are decrepit), it is usually less severe or debilitating. But DO take care of feet and leg circulation, as your extremities - particularly feet - are succeptible to ending up gangrenous, if not looked after. (Less chance of you getting 'galluping knobrot' though, fortunately.)