The first hill is Pen-y-Ghent itself. It was overcast to start with, and we were in cloud at the top. It was very quiet, we only saw one other pair of walkers.
Next is a long walk to Whernside, via the Ribblehead viaduct, where we stopped for some lunch. We saw more people now, most just doing the single hill.
After Whernside it was steeply down and a shorter leg to Ingleborough. The final ascent was very steep, hard going with tired legs.
Finally there was a 5 mile walk back to the cafe. We knew it closed at 5.30 so made that our aim, which entailed some pretty fast walking. We got there just in time, and signed in at 6.33 for a time of 9 hours 58 minutes.
We'd walked 39km, with about 1380m of ascent and descent. 12 hours is considered pretty good and gets you membership of the Three Peaks Club.
Back at the campervan we collapsed for a bit then had showers and went to the Golden Lion for dinner, we both had cheeseburgers.
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