In Skipton and Settle

Skipton is the "Gateway to the Dales", about 45 minutes northwest from Leeds. The nice weather here prompted us to drive there and walk a bit around in the town.

The Leeds-Liverpool Canal through Skipton

Note: the pictures in this post are hosted on Flickr - this is the first time that I use Flickr instead of the Google/Picasa/Blogger storage.

We continued further north to the small town of Settle.

View over Settle. The famous Settle-Carlisle railway line goes right through the town.

Outside of Settle