Always a tourist honeypot. Malham Cove was a popular weekend attraction including parties of school kids on Geography field trips

Day 6. Sunday, 17th June 2012. Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale.15 miles. Weather. Dry but overcast all day. Cold on tops, 11C in strong winds. Left Malham with the day trippers en route to Malham Cove. From the base, we climbed the steps
to the top, some 230 feet above. Continued to Malham Tarn then on to Fountains Fell, at 2135ft the highest point so far. We dropped 800ft then scaled Pen y Ghent at 2277ft. it became the highest point. A three mile descent into Horton finished the day.