A Muddy Trek out of Pateley

It has rained in some form or another everyday since the turn of the new year. Somedays it has been a constant heavy downpour, other days it has been an intermittent cold mist drizzling down through the fog. The end result after 5 weeks is a very wet country side with lots of water and mud!

Today's hike was another stretch of the Nidderdale Way, on a loop from Pateley Bridge up the dale to Ramsgill and back to Pateley. Most of this was new to me.

Big Weir north of Pateley Bridge. There were a large number of mills in Pateley at one time

Lots of standing water and mud

Gouthwaite Reseviour - with a good flow over the top

Last summer this was a mud flat by late August with only a trickle of a stream running through it

The Yorke Arms in Ramsgill is an impressive building. The trail into Ramsgill follows this small lane for bit. Ramsgill is where I headed back south towards Pateley Bridge