Our plan before returning home, was to walk up to the Southerscales limestone pavement which is on the flanks of Ingleborough, one of the famous three peaks, the others being Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent.
When we arrived, we discovered that all the possible parking places were occupied and we could not stop. Returning back the way we came, we stopped for a little while at the Ribblehead Viaduct. This structure is an astonishing feat of engineering which took the lives of hundreds of navvies employed in its construction. Built of stone, and a part of the Settle to Carlisle line, it is around 400 metres long, 32 metres high and has 24 arches. It took seven years to complete.
No steam trains were due today (we should have visited this site yesterday – see that blog entry). We did however visit the Ribblehead railway station and visitor centre where we bought some cake.
Outside the station, there is a locomotive chimney which has an information board alongside it:
The Station Inn is an interesting building with some unusual planters outside.
Retracing our steps south and before returning home, we decided to go and take a walk along the canal tow-path at East Marton, which is on the A49 near Skipton.
"See-u-Later" 