This was our third walk of the weekend, and another of the walks in the Walks in Limestone Country book. After we had said our goodbyes to Nigel and Denise at The Craven Heifer, a stay there is well recommended, we headed down to do the world famous (?) 'Waterfalls Walk'. We have done this walk a number of times before, and grumble at having to pay the £4.50 per person entry fee. But by the time I've walked along the River's Twiss and Doe and had my fill of the stunning waterfalls I always come away saying it wasn't that too bad having to pay!!!
An early start meant we were the first car in the car park!
The first part of the walk is along the River Twiss, heading towards Swilla Glen
I wouldn't grade this walk as been easy, there's plenty of steps to go up and down along the route
One of the 'money' tree's you will see, I think the Victorians started it as a good luck thing?
A close up view, there are thousands of coins hammered into this tree, mainly two pence peices
It was really nice been the first people through, it meant we had the place to ourselves, for a short while
Another view of the River Twiss
and our first view of the falls, these are Pecca Falls
Even though there wasn't a huge amount of water coming down them they were still stunning
As usual I took hundreds of photo's!
There are several falls quite close together in this part of the river
a close up shot
This is Holly Bush Spout
Which means we are as the refreshment hut, very welcome on a hot summers day for ice creams!
Above Holly Bush Spout the valley opens out a bit
not long afterwards we got to the lovely Thornton Force
I normally bring my wellies for this one so I can get in the river to take some photo's
I'd not brought them today though, so I had to make do with staying on the bank
A close up of Thornton Force
Heading upstream above the waterfall the river changes completely
It's much more peaceful and tranquil
A view of Ingleborough, where we walked the previous day, as we headed towards Beezley Farm
Just below the farm we joined the River Doe at Beezley Falls
again here there are several sets of small falls, each a delight to photograph
A view down into Baxenghyll Gorge from the viewing platform
and the final set of waterfalls on the walk, Snow Falls
Once you reach the old quarry workings its only a short walk back to Ingleton, and time for some more refreshments