This ride is fantastic when the weather is dry, The ride takes in 2 large hill climbs, once you get to the top the views are fabulous. We started in Buckden, Buckden is situated in the Upper Wensleydale. It is situated where Buckden Gill, which rises on Buckden Pike, joins the River Wharfe. Up the Gill is an old, long disused, lead mine - Buckden Gavel Mine. The village has a large hotel, the Buck Inn, One famous connection of the Buck Inn is that Lord Healey (Denis Healey) - the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974-1979) spent his honeymoon staying in the barn that was then attached to the pub. But he wasn’t allowed to park in the car park and he didn’t get fed after 2pm!!!

From there we headed towards the old Roman road the Cam High Road. The Roman Road runs from Ingleton to the Roman Fort at Bainbridge. After skirting around Wether Fell it follows a rigidly straight alignment before curving down the valley side to Bainbridge. Although now edged by stone walls it is evident that the road was constructed on a slight agger (curve-topped platform) about 4.6 metres wide. No trace of the road survives on the other side of Ingleton but it probably ran on to join another Roman road near Lower Bentham. In the late 18th century the road was resurfaced and formed part of the Richmond to Lancaster turnpike. A long stretch can be walked from Bainbridge to the top of Sleddale (about 5 1/2 miles). From Buckden there are Footpaths that lead from the village up to the top of Buckden Pike, up the river to Hubberholme and down the river to Kettlewell via Starbotton, and over the ridge opposite Buckden Pike to Litton, above Arncliffe, in Littondale

Just up the dale, where Langstrothdale joins Wharfedale, is the old village of Hubberholme, noted for its Norman church and old inn.