from a perfect weekend in Otley, where I met my friends again. Good weather, good food (Indian and typical English) and English Ale to drink, made it a very enjoyable weekend.
Saturday morning I was at a Ju Jitsu (Ju Jutsu) training, in the afternoon we went for a hike around the Chevin. The Chevin is the name given to the ridge on the south side of Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the market town of Otley.
The Chevin is largely covered in attractive old woodland and heathland. It is a part of the Carboniferous Millstone grit group. A Roman road ran along the top of the Chevin, part of the road that linked Eboracum (York), Calcaria (Tadcaster) and Olicana (Ilkley), perhaps on the same route as the modern road, Yorkgate, or perhaps about 800m to the south.
The highest point of the Chevin, Surprise View, reaches 282 metres (925 ft) at grid reference SE204442. This point offers extensive views of Otley and Wharfedale, and has an adjacent car park. It is the site of a beacon, and a cross is erected at Easter.
The name comes from the Brythonic 'Cefyn', 'Cefn' or 'Cefu' meaning a 'ridge', or 'ridge of high land'. The root name informs other hills, such as The Cheviot in Northumberland, and the Cévennes in France.
After their son's football match on Sunday afternoon it was almost time to fly home again.
And yes I am back for some time now :-).
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