A chilly afternoon in Kettlewell

After a couple of days of being snowed in at home, me and Sal decided to bite the bullet and take our chances on a drive up Wharfedale. As it turned out, the road up the dale was clear and looked to have been treated better than our local roads. It was a bit of a bleak and colourless day apart from a thirty minute spell when the sun broke through in Kettlewell but it was nice just to get out.

We just did our usual thing, calling in at Kilnsey Trout farm for a coffee before heading up to Kettlewell for a walk around the village and a pint in The Blue Bill Inn. It might sound a bit unadventurous but it's what we like doing, especially at this time of year when the days are so short. We did manage to take a few photos although I don't think any will be world beaters.

The village, as with most Dales villages, are so quiet at this time of year due to the majority of the properties being holiday lets. We hardly saw anyone around the village and there was only a couple of people in the pub. It makes you wonder if its worth their while opening but we were very thankful they had and even more thankful that they had the log fire burning away.

As I previously said, it was nice to get out and it was an added bonus to feel the warmth of the sun albeit only for half an hour.