Well today, was very different from yesterday. Our lovely landlady had baked our boots dry, and dried our socks and waterproof stuff, so that helped. The weather was clear, and the forecast was for it to stay that way.

As the B&B was right on the Pennine Way, we were right into the walk. Today we were in Bronte country. We walked up out of Ponden and up onto the moor… The ground was a little wet, but soon we found ourselves walking on flagstones that had been laid, and so progress was good. We reached ‘top withens’ farm, the building that is supposed to feature in Wuthering Heights. Inside the building was a reference to the Pennine Way, and a chart showing the key places… It was good to see we were near the end :-).

Not only was the walking underfoot good, it was warmer as well. In fact we were both in short sleeves. We covered the first six miles in just over a few hours. We found a farm shop referred to as ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ in our PWay handbook. But the directions were a little confusing… Nice little shop though. We had some fun with the two ladies working there… Mainly at my expense.. We picked up some lunch items then had a break.

With only 10 miles on the schedule for today, we had a relaxed walk towards Hebden Bridge, which we got to around 3pm. Had great views of the local sewage works…. And we thought of our good friend Clive :-). Nice to have had a day when we didn’t get rained on! Coming into Hebden, the scenery is dominated by ‘Stoodley Pike’, and we were reminded we would have to walk up there tomorrow.

We booked into our B&B. The landlady being rather fussy… But no issue, we just hid in our room. Tomorrow the schedule says we should be walking 17.5 miles, but looking at the map we don’t think it is further than 15… I guess we will see.