Visitors, Moors, Dales and canals

Just a mid month update as we are off to Germany soon... YES! To MUNCHEN!!! Octoberfest, castles, art, the lot! But September in North Yorkshire has been quite nice, allow me to share some scenes. 

Of course all good months start with an ale in a North Moores pub, this in inside the highest pub on the North Moors, crowded as all get out by walkers and bus tours but the food is okay and the wine and ale list rather good.

 

On the way to the pub we passed through, as you do, Hutton-Le Hole, a lovely place with quite an extensive outdoor village museum which if it wasn't peeing it down we may have even taken the time to explore, for the fee.  We chose to look at some shops and look at the town.

September in the UK is spider month and as it happens also the best time for sunrises.  We had a couple of these during the time John and Sarah came to stay and the days stayed pretty much clear for us to enjoy

We went to Harrogate for a walk through Valley Gardens

 Up to Ilkley Moor (B'at 'at) for a lunch and a walk over the Cow and Calf rocks.

 for And hired a canal boat for a day out of Skipton.  While I took the tiller for the start John and Sarah pretty much had control for the day.  We putted along to the White Lion Pub at Kildwick for a pint and a great lunch, John is still talking about the Game Pie he ate.

 

                                    All of which was rather a nice time to be sure.  John and Sarah only stayed 3 days and spent one of them in Rochdale searching Sarah's family history. 

I think they had a good time.   We did.