The Yorkshire Three Peaks walking challenge is one of the ultimate outdoor challenges you can do. Taking in the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, the aim is to complete the 24 mile route in 12 hours. It was an early 6.40am start, on a sunny Saturday morning in July 2014 that our minibus met our walkers in Malham village and transported the group to the start of the walk in the nearby village of Horton in Ribblesdale. The official starting point for the Yorkshire Three Peaks route is the Horton in Ribblesdale Cafe (picture above) where you can also, if you want to, submit your start time and end time to join the list of walkers who have completed the challenge in 12 hours or less. Country Adventures has previously organised Yorkshire Three Peaks walking holidays, often with only our guests and maybe a handful of other individual walkers along the route, but this was the first time we had undertaken to complete the 12 hour challenge and it was a day when there happened to be more than the usual number of walkers walking the route, many of whom were doing it for charity. Actually seeing so many people on this occasion was good and the camaraderie amongst walkers was nice to see. First of the Yorkshire three peaks to reach was Pen y ghent (photo above) which is unique in appearance with it’s craggy limestone peak revealed by years of weather conditions. At 2277ft, Pen-y-ghent is the smallest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks in height but it’s such an interesting mountain to walk on, with the summit trig point hidden until you make the final push upwards, that there’s a real sense of achievement in reaching the top. Equally the views from the top can be just as rewarding,
The Yorkshire Three Peaks walking challenge is one of the ultimate outdoor challenges you can do. Taking in the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, the aim is to complete the 24 mile route in 12 hours. It was an early 6.40am start, on a sunny Saturday morning in July 2014 that our minibus met our…
