Muker

We left Guisborough in the morning and travelled westward into the Yorkshire Dales, where we had a planned four night stay at the Usha Gap camp site in Swaledale.
The run over was a good one - we passed through Middlesbrough and by passed Darlington and were soon on the country roads to Richmond from where we aimed to take the main the road up the Swaledale Valley. Roadworks on the road, however, meant a diversion via Leyburn and Wensleydale where we climbed a pass to drop into Swaledale at Grinton.
We were soon on our site and settled on a section next to the river.
In the afternoon we walked into the meadows and along a footpath to have a quick look at the village of Muker, then followed a trail over the high ground to the south of the village before dropping into Thwaite.
This is a particularly picturesque part of the country and quite remote - we had no phone, wifi or TV signals - which was quite nice.Les mer