Malham

It was a couple of weeks ago, the first time for us to visit Malham and to be outside for more than 30 minutes since the mid-March! We started walking from the village of Malham in the early morning. The weather was beautiful. The air was crisp. So refreshing!

We walked through a quiet woodland, along with a stream called Gordale Beck. The gentle stream sounds was peaceful.

We reached Janet's Foss, a small but magical waterfall and pool that has a legend that the queen of the fairies named Janet lived in a cave behind the waterfall. We couldn't see the cave and say hello to Janet. Perhaps the next time. 

After passing through the woodland, we took a trail to Gordale Scar, a limestone ravine that has a pair of small waterfalls between over 330 feet high limestone cliffs. The stream flowing through the scar was Gordale Beck that we have been following.

Then we took a path on hilly pasture. It was very nice to take a deep breath between green and blue. Meeting countless cute sheep on our way was a bonus!

Suddenly the top of Malham Cove appeared over there!

Malham Cove is "a huge curving amphitheatre shaped cliff formation of limestone rock. The vertical face of the cliff is about 260 feet high. The top of the cove is a large area of deeply eroded limestone pavement," according to Malhamdale.com. The place was a marvellous creation by nature!

The view from the top was superb. I was so happy that we decided to come to Malham on the gorgeous day!

After about three hour walk, we came back to the village of Malham. We took away egg and bacon baps for breakfast and hot tea at a little cafe there and had them at a little garden. I forgot to take a photo of the baps... Oh well, perhaps, I forgot my habit of talking a photo of whatever I ate since I had been staying at home for some months. The baps weren't so good anyway. My memory of the day would be better without the evidence of the baps.