Gargrave and a short walk on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath for Ruby

Last Monday I had a look at the weather forecast for Tuesday, as we had planned to take Ruby out for a walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. According to the forecast we were due to be in for fine day, so the trip was planned. We would drive up to Skipton and I would drop Dot and Ruby off at Niffany Bridge, which is just north of Skipton.

Dot planned to walk as far as the Twin Locks at Gargrave, but we arranged to meet up where the Eshton Road crosses the canal, (just in case she or Ruby had had enough walking!)

Whilst I was waitng for them to arrive, a canal boat pased through the locks at Eshton Road so I took the opportunity to get a few photos of it.

I crossed over to the other side of the road bridge which crosses the canal at this point, and as I was looking around I noticed an unusual VW Camper Van parked in a garden.

On closer inspection you may have noticed that it has guy ropes coming from the corners of it. Indeed it really is a VW Camper Van - it is a tent!

After a little while Dot and Ruby appeared........

It was decided that they would walk on to the Twin Locks at the far side of Gargrave, so I drove on there and whilst I was waiting for them another canal boat went through the locks there.

Eventually Dot and Ruby arrived.......

After a cooling drink (for Ruby) we loaded Ruby into the car and drove back to Gargrave, where we had a cuppa and a sandwich in the Dalesman Cafe.

It has some intriguing "furniture" inside it. Have a look at the table support!

There are some other quite quirky touches too. The fridge, which is to the far left of this photo, is contained in an old GPO Telephone box!

There are also lots of interesting items outside too!