D'd A GKDLOJICAL KAMBLli TO INGLtBOROUGH. 



Skipton by half-past eight. This train goes no further ; and as there is 

 not anotlier train northwards for two hours ; an opportunity is thus 

 afforded of visiting the fine old church and castle. But as we had visited 

 Skipton several times before, we resolved to walk up the valley as far as 

 Gargrave. It Avas a glorious morning, and Ave bounded along oA'er the 

 hard and nearly level road at a merry pace. The valley here is about a 

 mile in Avidth and it is bounded on each side by hills of Millstone-grit, 

 which gradually increase in height as Ave get higher up the A'alley. They 

 are mostly covered Avitli verdure, but here and there massive crags of 

 grit stand out in bold relief ; and to the north the grey limestone cliffs for 

 Avhich Craven is famous, begin to appear. 



The merest novice in geology Avould soon find out that he Avas upon 

 a different formation, for the very Avails about Skipton are to a great 

 extent composed of fossil shells and stems of encrinites. 



We thoroughly enjoyed our Avalk to GargraA-e ; and after a short 

 ramble about the village, Ave Avent to the station and booked for Clapham, 

 Avhere we arrived about half past tAvelve. We set out at once for Ingle- 

 borough. But a short distance from the station, Ave sat doAvn by the side 

 of a small stream and got our lunch ; and examined our ordnance maps, 

 our faithful guides in many a pleasant ramble, over those trackless hills. 

 We took straight up the sheep pastures toAvards the shoulder of a hill 

 from whence Ave expected to see Ingleborough. About an hour's walking 

 and climbing brought us to the ci-est of the hill ; Avhen Ave beheld for the 

 first time, the steep slopes of Ingleborough, with its craggy summit stand- 

 ing like a huge castle in the clear blue sky. It appeared only a fcAV field 

 lengths off ; but by this time Ave had got someAA'hat used to these deceptive 

 appearances, and we kncAv that Ave Avere nearly tAvo miles from its lofty 

 simimit. We Avere noAV in the midst of a boggy moor, and fatiguing Avork 

 it Avas to Avade knee deep through the heather. Yet it Avas not much 

 Avorse than some parts of Warley and Blackstone-edge Moors, excepting 

 that it Avas steeper. It Avas much drier than Ave had been led to expect, 

 it certainly did not, as an old AA-riter says, "emit Avater at CA-ery pore." 

 But the numerous dried up pools, told us, that Ave Avere fortunate in 

 finding it so dry. 



We reached the summit about three o'clock ; and after A\'alking all 

 round it, we sat doAvn on the ruins of the old beacon, to rest ourselves, 

 and admire at leisure the magnificent prospects around us. The summit 

 of Ingleborough is flat and it is covered with a scanty herbage on Avhich 



