A 10km walk after lunch with Robin, Virginia, Jeff and Susie at the Angel, Hetton to continue Robin’s birthday celebrations.Route: leaving the car at the Linton Falls car park (£4.50 all day) and heading to the viewing spot for the falls. Crossing a wide spanned footbridge and then turning right to pick up a riverside footpath, the route of the Dales Way, pausing to view the stepping stones to the church at Linton. After 3km spurning stepping stones to cross back over the river on a pedestrian suspension bridge and, with view of Loup Scar, continuing south east to Burnsall for a half pint at the pub. At this point, the party dividing and we, with Robin and Virginia, returning via footpaths across lower slopes to Thorpe and then along the road to a right turn down an overgrown green walled track to reach the B6160 and then a diagonal grassy track back to the start.
Conditions: initially sunny and warm but windy and later cooler with a threat of fine rain.
Pub: the Red Lion, Burnsall for Bradfield Farmer’s Blonde and Ilkley Brewery Mary Jane
