Skipton Holiday Cottage

Today after a leisurely Sunday breakfast we wrapped up warmly and took a stroll along the familiar canal towpath from the the bridge by "Bizzie Lizzies" Fish and Chip restaurant, in the direction of Gargrave. It was a crisp, cold, and sunny morning which would have been ideal for walking except that after leaving the immediate wharf area, beyond the swingbridge, the towpath became quite muddy and slippery. It was hard work to walk along and when I attempted a normal walking speed I fell over! There was a small white van of Italian design on the towpath. It had an open rear door and inside there was sophisticated-looking stainless steel equipment, from which a man and a woman were making coffees and hot chocolates for sale to passers-by. We bought some drinks on the return trip which we drank whilst we watched a party of young people who'd hired a narrowboat negotiating their first swingbridge.

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