We recently visited the town of Skipton, UK. It is the largest major town in the area we are staying. In other words it is the closest McDonalds to us. It is about at $25 cab ride each way or about $10 round trip on the train. There are about eight or nine trains per day and about the same number of busses in each direction. Having good public transportation is a very odd thing for having grown up in the USA. Right now we are solely relying on it. We are about 2-3 mins from the bus stop and about 4-5 mins to train station. The station is part of the pretty famous, historic Settle to Carlisle rail, with Settle, UK being where we are located.
And there is a bridge that connects the North and South bound platforms.
The Settle Carlisle Rail iwas an engineering marvel in its day including the Ribblehead viaduct locate in Ribblehead, UK.
While in Skipton is a very cute and quaint town. We walked around the Skipton castle. The wind is pretty strong in this part of the country and on top of the viaduct it has been known to stop steam locomotives.
We explored the Leeds to Liverpool Canal system that was very important like the Erie canal was in Central New York. The canal has many old features including a manually operated “draw bridge” that is manually operated by the passengers on the canal boats.
It was quite fascinating to watch many boats pass through the through the bridges. The “narrow boats” as they are called are able to be rented (hired) by the day or by the week for a vacation (holiday).
On a separate trip to Skipton we stayed overnight there, because there was no train back to settle after we had Dinner in Leeds. We decided to walk back from Skipton to Long Preston and then catch the bus back to Settle. It was a long day, and we got to Long Preston just before it really started to pour. It was a 14 mile walk across beautiful Yorkshire countryside. We wandered through a few very small towns along the way.
