Gallery
16 Aug 1987 · Richard, fuelled by tea, battles towering bracken in Lustleigh Cleave.
16 Aug 1987 · Philip and Richard thread carefully down the bracken-choked path to the Bovey.
16 Aug 1987 · At the Bovey’s tree-trunk footbridge, Graham hunts another splash-making stone.
16 Aug 1987 · Richard hefts a boulder by the Bovey footbridge, aiming splashes at Graham.
16 Aug 1987 · Graham rides the precarious tree-trunk footbridge; Gary and Brett sensibly walk.
16 Aug 1987 · Philip edges across the tree-trunk footbridge with Gary, Brett and Warren watching.
21 Aug 1987 · Matthew B, Graham and Gary ready to roll in Slaidburn Youth Hostel courtyard, steps to our dorm behind.
21 Aug 1987 · Morning muster in Slaidburn Youth Hostel courtyard, bikes loaded; cycle shed and dormitory steps to the right.
21 Aug 1987 · Aidan Neary itching to get going on Church Street, right outside Slaidburn Youth Hostel.
21 Aug 1987 · Sweeping descent from the Cross of Greet towards Lythe Fell and High Bentham, the Dales panorama unfolding ahead.
21 Aug 1987 · Poking about at the water sinks behind Malham Cove, where Malham Tarn’s outflow disappears into the limestone.
21 Aug 1987 · Gathered around the sinkhole as Malham Tarn’s outflow disappears, re-emerging later at Malham Cove.
22 Aug 1987 · First glimpse of Malham Cove from Cove Road, under brooding, rain-heavy skies.
22 Aug 1987 · Approaching the sheer limestone amphitheatre of Malham Cove along the riverside path.
22 Aug 1987 · Malham Beck emerges below as our group edges along the lower ledge.
22 Aug 1987 · Crossing the airy path above Malham Beck on the cove's eastern bank.
22 Aug 1987 · Rock climbers testing Malham Cove’s vertical limestone, belayers poised on the ledge.
22 Aug 1987 · Malham Beck surging from the cove’s cave system, brown with recent rain.
22 Aug 1987 · Aidan and Matthew Nunn brave the foaming plunge pool at Gordale Scar.
22 Aug 1987 · Chris Hall rides back through the flood; Michael Hall follows while the rest assess the depth.
22 Aug 1987 · Michael Hall stalls mid-stream on Mastiles Lane, foot down and hubs submerged.
22 Aug 1987 · Rolling the grassy, stone-walled ribbon of Mastiles Lane towards Kilnsey Crag.
22 Aug 1987 · Picking lines through Mastiles Lane’s boggy ruts after relentless rain.
22 Aug 1987 · Graham and Stephen eye the stony climb ahead on a drenched Mastiles Lane.