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Gargrave, SKIPTON, BD23 3NJ

The buildings of Low Green Farm, on the edge of Gargrave village, are seen from the driveway. The walk follows the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal out of Skipton before following a lane onto the A6069 road. After crossing the A59 road at Inghey Bridge, the path runs across fields to pass underneath the railway. The path then runs alongside the railway before it veers right past Kirk Sink to Gargrave. About 4¼ miles.

The trunk of this tree on Middle Green, Gargrave looked as if the top had been rotated through 90 degrees. The late July sunset helped pick out the texture of the bark.

The walk ends at Low Green, Gargrave. The River Aire runs between the camera and the houses in the middle distance. The walk follows the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal out of Skipton before following a lane onto the A6069 road. After crossing the A59 road at Inghey Bridge, the path runs across fields to pass underneath the railway. The path then runs alongside the railway before it veers right past Kirk Sink to Gargrave. About 4¼ miles.

The simple granite cross in the centre marks the grave of the Rt. Hon. Iain McLeod, M.P. He died only three weeks after assuming the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer in the newly-elected Heath government of 1970. Born in Skipton in 1913, McLeod was a fine man and a moderate Conservative politician in the best traditions of Benjamin Disraeli. He was widely expected to succeed Edward Heath as party leader, and, had he survived to do so, history could have taken a very different course in this country.

Taken beside the bridge at Gargrave, North Yorkshire, I am looking east along Middle Green and the River Aire.