Ingleborough, G/NP-005 - 724m ASL - SD 740 745 - OS Explorer OL2 - 6 SOTA points            

Sunday 13th March 2022 - Ingleborough G/NP-005 & Whernside G/NP-004

After all the recent football-SOTA combos, gig-SOTA combos, and SOTA-football-gig combos, today was back to SOTA-only.  Although SOTA itself is a marriage between the distinct pursuits of hillwalking and amateur radio!

I set off early for the Yorkshire Dales, and parked up just above the Hill Inn at Chapel-le-Dale.

It's a pleasant initial walk-in through farmland and limestone features, followed by some much tougher work climbing never-ending (or so it seems) staircases.

At least because they are staircases, the summit plateau is attained without excessive strain on the thighs, calves and ankles.

This was another of my series of lightweight handheld-only activations.  But that was more than enough, and 13 contacts were made including two S2S.

More photos were captured on the descent with things like the Ribblehead Viaduct, large gaping holes in the ground and limestone proving irresistable.

On the later sections of the descent, I was inspired to combine my bass playing and hillwalking passions to create a little riddle, presented as the two images above.  Can you solve it?

After returning to the car, I set the satnav to take me around to the western flanks of Whernside G/NP-004.  Not the classic route - but much quicker and easier!