On the Tuesday morning I was woke at 6 (am !) by the sound of baa-ing (?) with a stream of sheep being brought to market ahead of conversion to Lamb Dopiaza.
My campervan allows for Pre-Covid standards of ablutions, just enough to get changed and out of the car park before it was overrun by Yorkshire farmers.
Parked up by Gayle Beck, I headed into Hawes (whose car parks charge money) for breakfast.
Despite it being market day in honeypot Yorkshire Dales in July, finding a coffee and full Yorkshire breakfast was challenging. Seemingly it’s gentlefolk business owners as much as gentlefolk patrons who are nervous about reopening.
Half a dozen cafes weren’t opening anytime soon, but Hawes was redeemed by Stage 1 Cycles, whose young folk rustled up poppyseed cake and flat back and made me feel bad about slagging off cyclists.
I joined the throng of walkers heading for Hardraw Force, 2 miles north.
When I say “throng“, I mean “none“, of course.
The waterfall, which I sense I last visited in 1992 when it was a mere stream, is private owned and tucked behind the village pub. A bit like High Force but with weird accents.
For £4 you get to stroll the site and ride down the waterfall on an inflatable boat.
It’s no Victoria Falls, but it is a gorgeous walk around the cliffs.
An American couple who’d driven (driven !) from Hawes said Hello. Americans are lovely, aren’t they ?
“They’ve turned the waterfall off for an hour, for maintenance” I told them.
“Really ?” they said, and carried on, bemused.
retiredmartin 
Giant bellflower
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The Giant Bellflower ? I was there on the Monday, John.
https://retiredmartin.com/2020/07/17/sober-in-selby/
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Or Campanula latifolia if you prefer.
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In 2012 the four of us, 3 brothers and I, each paid a pound to see the waterfall. The flow was even less than in your video.
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Were you over 65 then?
Or under 16 😉
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They did make us enter in the back since we looked like hippies.
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You were at Woodstock, weren’t you ? On just before Country Joe & the Fish.
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I think they’re actually demonstrations to tear down statues to those who originally enslaved sheepdogs. Or sheep. Or shepherds.
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“Pre-Covid standards of ablutions, ”
Would have thought the post covid approach would have been more useful…how long does it take to have a complete rub down with sanitiser gel…? (No details please)
Great gag about the sheepdog demo👏. I’ve seen one of those – they do a lot of weird protest whistling…presumably to upset the dogs…
“Really ?” they said, and carried on, bemused.”
Coincidentally I was listening to a programme on the radio the other day – an American guy was explaining that Americans don’t do ironic humour …
(I wouldn’t know myself🙄)
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The video is only available on the Dark Web.
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Americans, heh ? I love that show where the guy with orange hair pretends to be President.
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And it ain’t a comedy!
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