The Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge This was my 6th and "definitely" last time doing this very hard challenge. Today I was with Tony Entwistle and his two sons, Joe and Sam. Tony, like me has done this walk a few times and was keen to show his lads just how hard it is. He wasn't disappointed,  They found it as tough as us. The walk is 24 miles (38 km) over three mountains, Pen y Ghent at 694 metres, Whernside, the highest at 736 metres and Ingleborough at 723 metres. The walk starts in Horton in Ribblesdale before climbing Pen-y-ghent. A 10 mile walk to Ribblehead Follows before the extremely tough and long ascent of Whernside. A sharp decent and almost immediately the ascent of Inglbourough starts. From the summit a further 6 mile slog takes us back to Horton in Ribblesdale The epic begins, on the car park at Horton in Ribblesdale Long Long earlymorning shadows on the way to Pen y Ghent Pen y ghent draws near and we are climbing up the right hand edge Tony and Joe on the summit. The mist is clinging to the River Ribble in the valley below Summit 1 completed and all still looking fresh Looking back to Pen y Ghent on the walk to Ribblehead Still looking fit and healthy !! Looking across to Ingleborough Bridge over the fledgling River Ribble   First blister of the day. Joe wins Ribblehead viaduct with Whernside behind. The lonely signal house by the railway with Ingleborough beyond. Ingleborough as we climb Whernside Force Gill waterfall A brief rest on a stile The path to the summit ridge Hangliding over The Dales Not looking quite so fresh on this summit with 13 miles walked PAGE 2 Back to top of page