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Travelled over to Swadale in the Yorkshire Dales for a two night backpacking trip with @Bopdude and a couple of other camping companions.
Parked up in the village of Swadale and set off up the dale towards Gunnerside which is the site of longstanding lead mining . Many of the buildings remain and add to the atmospheric walk
As usual our attempts to be lightweight were thwarted by a love of beer /whisky and food ........ I started off the 14 KG ( two days food and a litre of water ) and @Bopdude was even heavier ( beer
). As you can see the route follows the Gill so water was plentiful and gave our water filter systems a good run out .
The weather was lovely walking in but the nigh time temperatures dropped below freezing on both nights .
Her is a few pictures of the trip .
Parked up in the village of Swadale and set off up the dale towards Gunnerside which is the site of longstanding lead mining . Many of the buildings remain and add to the atmospheric walk
As usual our attempts to be lightweight were thwarted by a love of beer /whisky and food ........ I started off the 14 KG ( two days food and a litre of water ) and @Bopdude was even heavier ( beer
). As you can see the route follows the Gill so water was plentiful and gave our water filter systems a good run out .The weather was lovely walking in but the nigh time temperatures dropped below freezing on both nights .
Her is a few pictures of the trip .
