Ingleborough

[jonnie drake]

went up ingleborough today with a couple of mates. It was pretty windy and cloudy but atleast we wernt sweltering! Hope you enjoy the pics.

on the way up...

dead sheep down one of the pot/shake holes. There were tons of these on the way up, and we though they were big, on the way down they were huge.

the task ahead

some old ruins we passed on the way up

getting closer

looking back from where we came

pics from the top...

looking out on penyghent

gaping gill and its campers

my attempt at an arty shot

the monument on top

dappled sunlight

limestone

side of ingleborough

looking up the ribble valley

my friend who had taken his DSLR with him got some great shots of the way down, especailly over the limestone for some reason unknown I totally forgot about the camera at that point! Got a couple of good shots inside some of the bigger shake holes on the way down though;

might upload a couple of my mates if I can get hold of some.

cheers

J

 

[Hugo]

Looks like a nice day out, good pictures, thanks.

 

[jonnie drake]

cheers hugo.

 

[Ryecroft]

Nice pics, thanks.

Looks like you avoided the rain we have had most of the day then?

Great shot of the viaduct in the distance.

 

[Doc]

Good pics, thanks. Good country, that.
I remember reading about Ingleborough, Whernside and Peny-ghent in a magazine years ago, and they are on my 'to do' list.

 

[rancid badger]

30 years ago; I was spending an awful lot of time in that area, jogging along, with my steel framed,para bergen, slowly scraping the skin from my lower back, shoulders and hips ( padding was considered "girly" by the PSI's)

Up Ingleborough, then away to Whernside, then back to Ingleborough and on, to Pen y Ghent then RV back at the Ribblesdale viaduct, or a variation on the theme!:togo:
obviously a lot of this was done in the dark! how we never had anyone falling in shake holes or injured crossing limestone pavement, I'll never know

I wonder if the Army still train round there?

Anyway; If you were lucky; you got a hot cup of tea, before climbing aboard the "tonner" for the slow, diesel fumed journey, back to Tyneside

Amazing what you put up with, when you're 18 and "motivated"

Cracking photo's, well done all

cheers

R.B.

 

[Tjurved]

Great pics but why are there no trees in that place?

 

[TJRoots]

looks like an awesome place to go, i'll stick that on my list of places to go after i've got my driving license.

cheers for sharing the pics
TJ

 

[jonnie drake]

cheers for the comments guys!! hardly any rain, just a ridiculously high wind that sapped the heat straight from us!!

nice one RB, sounds like that was a bit rough. Them shake holes are deadly, everyone of them that had a big enough hole in had sheep skeletons piled at the bottom, some of them going atleast 30ft down. Nasty stuff wouldnt like to be anywhere near them in the dark, knowing my look anyway!

it is a lovely place to be though, the limestone pavement is great fun. The shape of the stone never fails to amaze me.

 

[spiritwalker]

i was camping below you from friday night but since we had my 3 year old lad we never made it up ingleborough this time we went to the waterfall walk and white scar during our stay having been up ingleborough for about 9 years so cheers for the pics great memories of when we had no nippers and could tackle anything lol

 

[jonnie drake]

lol the waterfall wlak is still pretty good though- im sure they will tackle it when they are a bit older we dropped down the deep gulley leading back to white scar caves was a bit hairy plenty of sheep remains!!! got a bit of a cut on the leg serves me right for wearing shorts