From Saltaire the route crosses moorlands, speckled with standing stones, some with ancient rock designs, and follows the dramatic limestone scars of Malhamdale. It meanders along the bank of the River Ribble and climbs Ingleborough of ‘Three Peak’ fame. It skirts the flanks of Whernside (optional ascent), dropping into beautiful Dentdale, before reaching Sedbergh and continuing with a breath-taking, six-mile ridge walk across the mossy folds of the Howgill Fells. The route passes isolated Sunbiggin Tarn before dropping into the lush green of the Eden Valley to finish in Appleby. You could return via a breath-taking train ride along the Settle to Carlisle line, which takes you back past some of the landscape highlights that you have been walking through.