That’s me. Sitting on the very edge of the Malham pavement looking back down the valley towards the village….
No it’s not! Well it is me (of course), but I’m not actually sitting on the very edge. I’m not that brave (or stupid..)
If you’ve not heard of it the Malham Pavement is made up of a series of ‘Clints’ (blocks of limestone) and ‘Grykes’ (the gaps in between the blocks) and covers a large area at the top of the cliff at Malham Cove. Interestingly, both the Cove and the pavement are featured in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (only interesting, granted, if you are into Harry Potter. If you are look for my post on Goathland, whose train station doubles as Hogwarts).
Malham itself sits in the south-west of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. At the end of our trip around the UK we already knew that we would return to this area, but in the end chose to do so as a daytrip from the perfect little campsite that we had found in Knott End, just north of Blackpool (Bluebell Cottage – click for more details). It is about 50 miles away but the roads are good and it doesn’t actually take too long to drive it. We visited The Ribblehead Viaduct on our way home as well.
So, first stop Malham itself, a pretty little village popular with walkers and tourists, Continue reading “Return to the Dales with a trip to Malham”
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