We had a great walk yesterday afternoon with our buddies Catherine and Dana back from their Dales Way trek in England. So, I tried to get some of the news and idea of it all. Over there the locals say, “the fells and the dales” for the hills and the dales or the hills and the valleys. Lots of pasture and sheep there in that territory.

Here is a copy and paste from Wikipedia: “1The Dales Way is an 80-mile (130 km) long-distance footpath in Northern England,[1] from (south-east to north-west) Ilkley, West Yorkshire, to Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. This walk was initially devised by the West Riding Ramblers’ Association with the ‘leading lights’ being Colin Speakman and Tom Wilcock (Foootpath Secretary).[2] The route was announced to the public in 1968 and the first recorded crossing was by a group of Bradford Grammar School Venture Scouts in 1969.

Dales Way
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Kettlewell lies on the trail

Length
80 miles (130 km)

Location
Northern England

Trailheads
Ilkley, Yorkshire
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria

Use
Hiking

Elevation
Highest point
Cam Houses, 490 m (1,610 ft)

The Dales Way passes through two National Parks: the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Lake District National Park. The first half of the walk follows the River Wharfe upstream to the main watershed of Northern England at Ribblehead.[3] The second half follows several river valleys (Dentdale, River Mint, River Kent) to descend to the shores of Windermere.”

Their group got caught in the tail end of a hurricane that was going through the British Iles coming off of the North Atlantic. The wind and rain were blowing sideways and all they could do was laugh at the situation. That’s the pilgrim way right there. But in spite of that they made it through wet but uninjured. Yay team!

Well, I am back under my truck today, hopefully my last day with this project I undertook. It seemed like an innocent enough project at the beginning but it turned into a long trail of rusty bolts and profanity. Some parts had to be sawn up and removed in the old “divide and conquer” method. This is what my doctors probably see when they look at my insides. “Sorry guys but we have more miles to go, patch me up one more time.”

Yea, here we are in October with a definite chill in the morning here on the Island. William our Canadian Bureau Chief is reporting snow in Calgary and not just a dusting. Here is his sunflower lately:

Off to town for more nuts and bolts. Fall is in the air loves, Felipe.