Giggleswick is the village just across the River Ribble from Settle. It has many old and interesting buildings, but is most famous for Giggleswick School, around which the village is built. View over Gigglewick Village Statues outside the main school building Giggleswick School Chapel Giggleswick School cricket pitch and pavillion Many houses in the village …
Scaleber Force, Victoria Cave, Settle Loop: A good walk
Leaving the campsite our route took us through Settle town centre and uphill out of the town to the south. We had never seen this part of the town before and found some more plantpot sculptures on the green. Hello Duggie View over the green We climbed up from the green through to Mitchell Lane, …
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Langcliffe and Settle, North Yorkshire
We are normally quite hesitant to go away on a bank holiday weekend, but another Local District Association meeting of the Camping and Caravan Club, this time in Langcliffe, near Settle, together with the promise of fine weather, tempted us to make the trip. All set up with quick brew After setting up and a …
Toft Gate Limekiln/The Coldstones Cut, Pately Bridge and Grimwith Reservoir
Determined to make the most of our last day on this trip, we left Kettlewell reasonably early and took the road towards Pately Bridge. Toft Gate Limekiln/The Coldstones Cut Toft Gate Limekiln and Coldstones Cut are about 5 minutes away from Pately Bridge on the B6265. The limekiln is near to the car park and …
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Starbotton, North Yorkshire
We planned a good walk for Sunday and decided we would set off along the Wharf Valley, upstream to the village of Starbotton, around 2.5 miles away. The weather seemed more settled and showed some promise. There were even some folk bathing in the river just downstream of the bridge. I am never tired of …
Kettlewell, North Yorkshire
Kettlewell is a beautiful village in North Yorkshire and it is our home for the weekend. We are staying on a temporary holiday site, organised by the Huddersfield and Spen District Association of the Camping and Caravan Club, just on the edge of the village. After setting up in the designated field, we decided to …
Milnrow, near Rochdale
As a change from our usual trips into the countryside, we had been invited to join Alison’s son Mark, his girlfriend Emma, her mum and partner, for a meal on Saturday evening at a Chinese restaurant, near Rochdale. Rather than return home afterwards, it made sense to take our bed with us and stay overnight …
Valle Crucis Abbey, Chirk Castle and Chirk Aquaduct
We parted company with our friends Jeeves and Michelle on Sunday morning, deciding to make the most of the day by visiting some local attractions on the way home. Valle Crucis Abbey The abbey is not far from where we had visited yesterday at Horseshoe Falls. It is seemingly surrounded by a caravan and camping …
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Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
We planned to meet up with our motorhoming friends, Jeeves and Michelle at Llangollen. As the weather has been quite wet, Jeeves was concerned that if we stayed on a squelchy field as per our original plan, his Hymer might get stuck, so he suggested staying on the car park of TNR, a firm which …
Great Budworth, Cheshire
We finally made it to Great Budworth, albeit only for an overnight stay on our way to Llangollen for the weekend. This was a weekend meeting of the Camping and Caravan Club, BCC Cheshire Section. We did not know what “BCC” stood for and later found out that it was the British Caravanners Club Section, …

