Duration
Three nights
When
Spring 2022
Why?
Excellent walking in scenic river and valley landscapes
Having ordered breakfast croissants from the campsite’s Coffee & Bread Shed, along with a baguette for lunchtime sandwiches, we enjoyed a quick game of boules then strolled down a footpath to the water’s edge.
Day was fading to twilight and the sky from blue to orange, with the setting sun reflected across the rippling water.
You’d be forgiven for thinking we were on the Mediterranean coast, until I add the trees silhouetted against the sky, and the rolling hills I could just make out beyond.
So then, Loire or Dordogne? Understandable assumption, but no. We were actually about 30 miles north of Leeds, in a pretty, tiny village called Appletreewick (definitely a ‘blink and you miss it’ kind of place), on the banks of the equally pretty River Wharfe, in the valley to which the river gives its name – Wharfedale.
Relaxing in the sun
We were enjoying a few days of fresh air, rest and relaxation at Masons Campsite, which hosts the aforementioned café and boules court for the enjoyment of visitors.
We arrived in late afternoon sunshine and decided to
