Craven and District Sailing Club out on Embsay Reservoir. The juxtaposition of Craven and sailing to me always seems a little odd - rather like discovering that there is a Cowes Mountaineering Club.
This was a very enjoyable evening walk starting at the car park at Embsay Reservoir near Skipton. We set off at 7.15pm in golden sunshine, aiming to be back by nightfall. However, with the walk being almost six miles, we would have to go at quite a brisk pace to achieve this. Thanks to some good surfaces (gravelled tracks make up much of the route on the actual moor) we made it back inside two hours.
Embsay Crag
Neil on one of the excellent hard tracks that make up much of the route
The war memorial on Cracoe Fell
A Neolithic hut on Embsay Moor? 
Actually this is a shooting hut, to provide shelter for the grouse shooters in inclement weather
Inside the hut. Real luxury!
Sunset over Embsay Moor
Embsay Crag again...
...and again...
...and again
9pm - back to Embsay Reservoir. The boats have gone. The pub awaits...
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
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