Walking Yorkshire - Ingleborough I've checked the weather forecast, maximum 6 degrees, minimum 2, chance of showers but not prolonged, possible breaks in the cloud during the afternoon, I'll take the advice I gave to Jo the other day and get out onto them hills. There it is, or not, the view from Horton-In-Ribblesdale is a couple of fields, and some sheep. Ingleborough is completely hidden from view by low cloud. Not to worry, I'm sure I can find the path. A stile, yesterday. Sadly, the cloud layer is lowering and there's not much else to take pictures of. A break in the mist as I get to the top end of Sulber Nick allows a fair view of the limestone pavement. Clints and grikes. It's teasing me now, as I get to Nick Pot and The Allotment I can see Ingleborough ahead of me, but there is a depressing amount of cloud around the summit. Des res Ingleborough style, the shooter's hut at The Allotment. One bedroom with open plan ceiling, one utility room with goodly layer of sheep dung, some hiker vandalism, a fixer upper, beautiful views of a small patch of Yorkshire bog. When the fog lifts though (2-3 days in late August) the views are truly stunning. A small pond in a shake hole just below the summit of Ingleborough. As I walked across the relatively flat Simon Fell Breast the wind picked up and a drizzle began, visibility on the summit is less than ten feet. I walked around the edge of the summit plateau, occasional breaks in the mist reminded me of how dangerous it would be to walk too close to the edge of Swine Tail, The Arks or the wonderfully named Black Shiver. After pottering around with compass in hand, I find the summit cairn and then get back off the mountain as quickly as possible, it's bloody cold up there. The weather cleared a bit as I made my way back down, here is some sunshine on the limestone pavements with Plover Hill in the background. Oh yes, that's right, show yourself now I'm halfway back to base. Ingleborough reveals itself in the late afternoon. Here's my next target, Pennyghent with a little sunshine on the top. It has looked brooding and foreboding while I've walked back down Ingleborough, and while Ingleborough is a longish slog with a sharp bit at the end, Pennyghent's just a big, bloody steep thing all the way up. You know when the contour lines on your map are so close together you can't tell them apart, that's Pennyghent Side that is. Yorkshiresoul got from Horton to the summit of Ingleborough and back in about four hours. This is a challenging walk in winter, if you are going to try it then make sure you have the proper equipment, Explorer OL2 map and compass (and a knowledge of how to use your compass) are a necessity. Above all, if you are doing any solo walking, especially in winter, make sure someone knows your route and what time you expect to be back, and what time to call out Mountain Rescue, have a nice time, but be safe.