Yorkshire ... hills and dales .. a clear, warm day with views to the Howgills and beyond. We clocked in at the cafe .. "will you be round quick?" they asked, "hopefully" we replied, "well we shut at 5:30, if you're late knock on the door..."

We were back in ample time for a pint pot of tea and crumpets plus membership of the "3 peaks of Yorkshire" club (exclusively for those sub 12 hrs - gents can sport a rather natty tie with the emblem... perhaps not)

• 3 peaks
• 6 hrs
• 23 miles
• 1608m/5200ft ascent
• 2500/3800 -hers/his
• 2 snickers bars; flapjacks; pbut sandwiches; 2 bananas ... and the rest

We did take photos of the start and all the 3 peaks but they get progressively less flattering. Here is one of us early on at Pen-y-gent early on with an alien in blue. Suffice to say were were totally bushed at the finish (and for the next 2 days!)

You can take the girl out of Yorkshire ..... but is the defection complete when you put her in LRC gear ?????