DAY 3

An earlier start and half an hours walk back to The Way. It’s quite windy and 10 minutes later it’s raining again. The waterproofs stayed on all day. We found a couple of messages from Tom and Mark and finally caught up with them at the snack van on the A672. Two cups of tea as we watched the transmitter keep disappearing into the mist. The Edlingtons join us just before we set off, agreeing to meet for lunch in a warm, dry pub. At the White House, Tom bought us a drink to celebrate his 66^th birthday and blew out the candle on his piece of cake. Going back out into the wind and rain was a shock after lunch. As we got nearer to Stoodley Pike the rain eased off and we got a reasonable view from a very windy platform on the tower. We reached Hebden at 4.25pm and sadly parted from our friends – Tom and Mark were going home and the Edlingtons were going further than us.

YET ANOTHER SNACK BAR, THIS TIME AT WINDY HILL.

TOM AND ME AT BLACKSTONE EDGE TRIG POINT.

TERRY, GRAHAM, PAUL, JOHN AND DAD HAVING LUNCH IN THE PUB.

BIRTHDAY BOY TOM WITH HIS CAKE.

APPROACHING STOODLY PIKE.

TOM, PAUL AND MARK WITH ME AND MUM ON THE VIEWING PLATFORM ON STOODLY PIKE.

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