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I am starting to fill the gaps on my goal of completing the Nidderdale Way this year. I am at the point that most of the remaining sections will require transport to a starting point. Today I offered Dennis a choice - drop me off in Ripley around 9:00 AM (and get breakfast before hand from the village store), or pick me up around noon. Surprisingly, he chose not to sleep in and we left the house around 8:30 to get a bacon bap and coffee at the store: Dacre Village Sto

My 2026 walking season started with a cold morning hike! We spent the week between Christmas and New Years on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It was a goregous 60 - 70 F the whole week, with plenty of sunshine. Getting off the plane at Leeds Bradfort Airport a 9:00 PM with a temperature of 28 F was quite the shock. It wasn't any warmer at 8:00 AM the next morning when I started my hike. Dacre Village Store My first stop on most hikes is the Dacre Village Store. Ryan,