The River Wharfe

Yesterday; a Thursday. Don't usually do mid-week as we both work. But my brother has a week off and to capitalise we decided to go walking up the river Wharfe from Bolton Abbey to Kettlewell.

If you go at the weekend, its rammed with people - tripping over extra long dog leads and dollying along behind gangs of people with baby pushchairs is a complete nightmare. So a Thursday in July is ideal.

Learning from my mistake last month, I made sure the barbeque and the meat went in the bag the night before. This month we were having lamb kebabs, a couple of beef burgers and chinese turkey chunks on kebab sticks.

The pictures show their own story. A fabulous river winding its way down the Wharfe valley, at times just drifting along and at others roaring through tiny gaps like at Strid Wood.

Saw a woodpecker and a red deer. Managed to get pictures of them both - see?

Lovely weather, thought it was going to rain but it held off. A young couple who arrived a few minutes after us and set their own version up! Gastro walking must be catching on.

Bottoms up!