July 21, Hawes

Today two walks.  Again, they shall be designated as Walk One and Walk Two.  Walk One was a circular walk of Hawes that I feared would repeat a hunk of yesterday's approach, but it did not!  It was quite original, and except for one longish, steep, downhill section that was all scree, really quite nice!  Oh, and had significant elevation!

I swear!  The sun really looked like this!  This is not AI!

I am only sorry I did not take more close-up shot—I was so startled by how stunning it was, I could not think—so do enlarge  (by clicking of the photo) or the full drama of the scene!

There was an especially lovely wooded section by a waterfall, which, like the falls at Aysgarth, was a mere trickle—but the paths were rocky and a bit slippery, and so I was very happy, very happy indeed that I was there at about 8:30 when there were no cavorting children and dogs and people wanting to pass and who were not worried about falling off the edge.  In other words, I had the place to myself!  Indeed, I had the whole walk to myself:  every field and woodland, and more field, all of it!

When you eat an egg and appreciate its tastiness, or dare I say, chomp on a juicy drumstick,  you have these free-range ladies to thank:

A view:

Approach to a bridge:

Walk Two was more field-sy than Walk One, but pleasant none the less.  Less elevation—I wanted it that way—with one crazy problem.  At one point it seemed as if the route was going the wrong way.  Now for me to notice that, it must be pretty clearly the wrong way.  I walked back and forth until finally I realized that I was holding the phone upside down.  That will definitely mess things up.

Nice path, nice arch, nice walk!

Steps they even make for you to make things easier and to keep you off the grass!!

View:

You know what?

I've had it!  I am just going to lie down!!

After there was no more significant walking to be done, I headed on over to the Wensleydale Cheese Complex. It consists of a huge store that sells all manner of souvenir items, has a cafeteria, and somewhere they actually do sell cheese, which is what I had come to buy, but two huge bus loads of tourists filled up the place, and the lines were like those in the bookstore at Tulane on Parents' weekend, so I decided to buy cheese at the grocery store, and that is what I did!