Yorkshire Days 3 and 4

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Yorkshire: Day 3 – Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Dales, Malham

E and Caroline went on a drive north to explore the westerly side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. First, we walked about a mile along the beautiful River Wharfe to Bolton Abbey. There were lots of people enjoying the warm weather, swimming in the river and having picnics. (The River Wharfe also runs through Otley where Caroline’s father spent a lot of his school years).

After that we drove a circuit within the Dales, including Malham’s Gordale Scar where the rock formations were featured in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Bolton Abbey

Caroline’s River Wharfe paddle

Bolton Priory – stained glass windows

Arncliffe…

Narrow roads!

Gordale Scar near Malham

Yorkshire: Day 4 – return journey to Edinburgh

Today, just before 10 a.m., we packed up and drove north towards Edinburgh, on the way passing through the middle and more easterly side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the North Pennines ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’, County Durham, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

Highlights included: Blanchland – a village developed in the 18th century from a ruined medieval abbey; a bakery in Leyburn which had lovely pork pies and Yorkshire curd tarts; and a small part of Hadrian’s Wall.