The Dales

welcome to limestone country
| limestone country
is typified by Malham cove |
over 100 meters high and on the Pennine way LDP (long distance footpath) |
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sheep in Malham village
| very close to Malham cove is Goredale Scar with it's short climbing pitch at the side of the waterfall | |
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looking down Gapping Gill main chamber, the largest chamber, and largest pitch in a cave in Great Britain |
| the Strid | |
| the meeting of the Dales Way & the Pennine Way (the Pennine Way 270 miles Edale to Kirk Yetholme and was the first long distance path that I walked back in 1980) |
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| for a short
while the Dales Way path combines with the Pennine Way towards the viaduct |
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| Gayle Beck bridge |
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both the
Long Distance Footpaths pass through the Dales |
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