"Twas the night before departure" was Ken's caption for this photo of the Renault van outside his home on the evening of January 2. He was due to collect David from Aysgarth at 8.30am next  morning but as you will see from the following photos he decided against driving down that hill!

So we had to carry the luggage up the hill - including a Perkin's brailler that David carried along with his tool kit.

Ready to go - with even the moon to light their way (below).

The van leaving Aysgarth. The team met in Leyburn with Bob and Janet having brought the white Mercedes from Swaledale and having collected David Milner. As they headed for the A1 it was snowing and the road conditions were not good.