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This is the final installment and this is about my visit to a unique walk that is known as the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. It is over 4 miles long and goes over several hills and dales in and around Ingleton. There are two rivers that roll down these hills and they tumble over rocks, creating waterfalls at many places. I started this trail from the main entrance. The ticket costs £ 6:00, and you are free to walk the entire trail at your own pace. The trail is tiring but also an adventure that one should not shy away from if one is physically able to do so. There are many stairs to climb up and down during the trail - over a thousand of them. and the entire trail can be very, very exhausting.
I took some photos and even chatted with some fellow walkers. The most curious artefact we all saw was a large tree trunk, now on its side with many branches chopped off and lying at various spots on the trail. This trunk (and its many severed branches) all had penny and dime coins hammered into it. The site of thousands of coins pushed into the bark of the trunk was truly unique. According to the prevailing legend, burying a coin inside the bark of the trunk of that tree brings good fortune to the person or persons who do this.
Here are a few photos of this trunk and some other branches of it scattered around the main trunk:
After this, the waterfall trails went past four waterfalls and one gorge where the water flowed very rapidly in a deep gorge before it went on to form large pools with a slower flow. The entire walk was pure fun, even if tiring. Here are some photos.
At the end of this trail, I arrived, very exhausted, back to the trail reception via the village roads on the outside. Subsequently, Ian picked me up in his taxi and drove me to the Clapham station, where a timely bus replacement service initiated my return journey to Lancaster. Thence, it was a train to Preston and a return bus to Blackpool which brought me back home a little after 9:30 p.m. The 2-day holiday was finally over.
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This is the final installment and this is about my visit to a unique walk that is known as the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. It is over 4 miles long and goes over several hills and dales in and around Ingleton. There are two rivers that roll down these hills and they tumble over rocks, creating waterfalls at many places. I started this trail from the main entrance. The ticket costs £ 6:00, and you are free to walk the entire trail at your own pace. The trail is tiring but also an adventure that one should not shy away from if one is physically able to do so. There are many stairs to climb up and down during the trail - over a thousand of them. and the entire trail can be very, very exhausting.
I took some photos and even chatted with some fellow walkers. The most curious artefact we all saw was a large tree trunk, now on its side with many branches chopped off and lying at various spots on the trail. This trunk (and its many severed branches) all had penny and dime coins hammered into it. The site of thousands of coins pushed into the bark of the trunk was truly unique. According to the prevailing legend, burying a coin inside the bark of the trunk of that tree brings good fortune to the person or persons who do this.
Here are a few photos of this trunk and some other branches of it scattered around the main trunk:
After this, the waterfall trails went past four waterfalls and one gorge where the water flowed very rapidly in a deep gorge before it went on to form large pools with a slower flow. The entire walk was pure fun, even if tiring. Here are some photos.
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| Experimenting with the B&W |
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| One more in the same vein |
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| Pecca Falls |
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| One of the walking bridges on the trail |
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| Beezel Falls |
At the end of this trail, I arrived, very exhausted, back to the trail reception via the village roads on the outside. Subsequently, Ian picked me up in his taxi and drove me to the Clapham station, where a timely bus replacement service initiated my return journey to Lancaster. Thence, it was a train to Preston and a return bus to Blackpool which brought me back home a little after 9:30 p.m. The 2-day holiday was finally over.
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