So I cheated on Rachel yesterday. I went into the Dales without her. Zara (my youngest daughter) had been watching Tictok and had found a video of a walk that she wanted to do. Upon viewing it I realised we had already done a section of the walk previously (10 years and 1 day to be exact), but Zara could not remember this at all.
We decided to get our gear and go on the walk. I found the walk on OS, and having been to the area before thought nothing more than jumping in the car and stopping at the petrol station for snacks.
Once we got to Malham we discovered how busy it was. We parked in an overflow carpark for £7, got our boots on and started our walk. I wonder if everyone watched the same Tictok?
The first part of the walk took us to Janet Foss waterfall. It’s an easy walk and there is a decent path all the way. This is different than when we came 10 years ago as I think they had just started to build a path.
Janet’s Foss is beautiful. According to the plaque provided by the National Trust, Foss is the Scandinavian word for Waterfall and Janet, queen of the fairies lived behind the waterfall. I don’t blame her as it’s a lovely area.
We continued to follow the path and headed towards the road so we could continue our walk to Gordale Scar. There was a food van parked up on the road and I was very chuffed to hear he took card payments. One sarny and an ice cream later and there were smiles along this section of the walk on.
Gordale Scar is hidden from the road, but wow. It’s very impressive! We took some time to linger here and take it all in. Plus it was also the perfect time to take a video to send to my husband pretending that we were climbing up waterfalls on our walk.
We headed back out of the gorge and started towards our final destination, Malham Cove. Along the way I saw typical views of the Dales. Sometimes it all appears to look the same.
Malham Cove is a very cool place. It’s a limestone cliff with unusual geology. Also used in the filming of Harry Potter, when he camped there on his Horcrux seeking adventure. The fog was coming up from the bottom of the cove making it look very cool.
We then found some steps down the cove, which I took like a very scared person. I dislike wet limestone as I find it slippery. Before going to explore the base of the cove. There is a stream at the bottom which must be fed from an underground source beneath the cove.
Back in the path again we returned to Malham for our return journey home.
It felt like this little walk (8km) packed a lot of amazing sights in. It took us about 3 hours which included plenty of time for gawping at the amazing views.,
This is the route we took, but you could easily do it in reverse or in sections if needed.
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