The Road Goes Ever On. The Path from Pen-y-Ghent to Ingleborough on the Pennine Way.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge involves walking and climbing Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside as quickly as is possible. The record for the 23+ miles circuit (depending on the route) stands at 2 hours 29 minutes 53 seconds. For most people the route starts in the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale where the Pen-y-Ghent cafe offers a clock in & clock out service (and refreshments!).
The celebrated writer Alfred Wainwright regretted that the walk had become a race, and suggested that walking should be a 'pleasure to be enjoyed in comfort'. I remember vividly standing atop Whernside in 2011 and watching a procession of runners sprint to the trig point and touch the top, and then disappear in the direction of Ingleborough without even pausing to take in the view. Whernside was the last of the three peaks for us. The challenge took us two and a half months. Pen-y-Ghent on 31st May 2011, Ingleborough on 9th August 2011, and Whernside on 15th August 2011.
The Road Goes Ever On. The Path from Pen-y-Ghent to Ingleborough on the Pennine Way.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge involves walking and climbing Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside as quickly as is possible. The record for the 23+ miles circuit (depending on the route) stands at 2 hours 29 minutes 53 seconds. For most people the route starts in the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale where the Pen-y-Ghent cafe offers a clock in & clock out service (and refreshments!).
The celebrated writer Alfred Wainwright regretted that the walk had become a race, and suggested that walking should be a 'pleasure to be enjoyed in comfort'. I remember vividly standing atop Whernside in 2011 and watching a procession of runners sprint to the trig point and touch the top, and then disappear in the direction of Ingleborough without even pausing to take in the view. Whernside was the last of the three peaks for us. The challenge took us two and a half months. Pen-y-Ghent on 31st May 2011, Ingleborough on 9th August 2011, and Whernside on 15th August 2011.