On our last day we went to Grassington walked down Sedber Lane and started our walk at Linton Falls. This time following the river upstream. It goes past the Georgian Weir which fed the village corn mill. We reached Ghaistrill´s Strid. Here the Wharfe has cleaved through beds of limestone, creating a long series of cataracts and shoots below low bluffs. We arrived at Grass Wood and left the river to climb into this fantastic forest.  It is some of the most ancient woodland in the Yorkshire Dales; for centuries wood was burnt in stone-lined hearths here to produce potash, used as soil improver. During the climb along the edge of the forest we could see Kilnsey Crag in the distance. 

We took a small detour to come to a wooded hilltop topped by an Iron Age hillfort. When we returned from our walk we had an excellent pub lunch at the Fountaine Inn only five minutes from bustling Grassington. We managed to get the last free table outside the pub next to the road. Amy was really tired and droped asleep immediately in the middle of the road. Cars had to manouver around her!

Refreshed we drove a short distance to Conistone and climbed up to Conistone Limestone Pavement. From Conistone we followed the path up through Conistone Gib (a dry limestone gorge) which was strenuous. The reward however was a wonderful stretch of limestone pavement at the top with a scattering of gnarled trees. We descended on a parallel, less stressful route with great views across to Kilnsey Crag.  Our Yorkshire holiday came to an end.