Walk ny333 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge as a 3 day walk - Day 3 from Horton in Ribblesdale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9mls (14.5km)
Ascent:	1,644ft (501m)
Time:	5hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny333:

Ribblehead  -  (Railway Station - After Train Journey From Horton in Ribblesdale)  -  B6255  -  Old Hill Inn  -  Chapel-le-Dale  -  Braithwaite Wife Hole  -  Ingleborough  -  Pen-y-ghent Cafe  -  Horton in Ribblesdale.

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Ribblehead Viaduct's 24 arches carry the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway Line for 400m some 30m above the surrounding countryside. Considered one of the great engineering feats of the 19th Century, there is a museum dedicated to the history of the line housed in Ribblehead Station.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Ingleborough at 724m (2375ft). Ingleborough is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (83rd highest in England, 144th highest in England & Wales)

Ingleborough is also known as an English Nuttall (104th highest in England, 178th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (26th highest in England, 540th highest in the UK).

The summit of Ingleborough is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny333 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge as a 3 day walk - Day 3 from Horton in Ribblesdale

In no particular order . . .

Me on Gavel Rigg just below the top of Pen-y-ghent, one of the Three Yorkshire Peaks

Photo: Stephen Holman (1)

Sunset from the summit of Ingleborough

Photo: Gary Davis (3)

The Ribblehead Viaduct

Photo: Craig Carter (69)

Me on Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Phil Hart (7)

Pen-y-ghent summit during the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (1)

Ingleborough in mist beyond Limestone Pavement in Chapel-le-Dale

Photo: Mike Knipe (192)

On the Yorkshire Three Peaks below Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Bri Hilton (1)

Myself, Paul Baldry, Max the Dog, Jenny Baldry, Tom Evans and Martin Brown on top of Ingleborough.

Photo: Paul Baldry (1)

Walkers on Ingleborough

Photo: David Bentley (5)

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