With a forecast of rain and a stiff breeze in prospect, sixteen ramblers met in Leyburn for the start of Max and Chris's ten mile walk in lower Wensleydale. We left the town through the grounds of Thornborough Hall then walked past  some bungalows before taking a footpath left, heading north across fields. After turning sharp right, we crossed the A6108 and crossed more fields to reach Cow Close where we turned right on a good track. After about a mile we passed high above a caravan park on our right and close to a disused quarry on the left. As the track turned into a minor road, we crossed a bridge over the Wensleydale Railway tracks  then crossed  over the A684 on the edge of Harmby. We entered a wood then dropped down to the impressive waterfall on Harmby Mill Beck where we had our coffee stop. We climbed up to the minor road in Harmby then turned right on a footpath which passed a small nature reserve containing snowdrops and daffodils in bloom. Advancing across fields, we soon reached a track where we turned left to reach Cracken House where we turned right on a footpath. We soon reached the A6108 which we crossed to continue on a field path heading west. For the next mile and a quarter we crossed many small fields and conquered a number of awkward stiles as we made our way to Wensley. We had our lunch stop beneath a tree  by the village pump, then followed the concrete road leading to Bolton Hall. We passed Wensley House with a good show of aconites and snowdrops before taking a path right across parkland. After passing a cottage, we took a track through woods to emerge onto a minor road. After a few yards on the tarmac, we took a path right  to re-cross the railway line and another minor road to arrive at the old smelt mill  below Tullis Cote. We followed a track north then turned right at the Farm  to follow the line of a wall heading east, before heading uphill across a field to reach Leyburn Shawl. We turned right to follow the well-walked path above Leyburn Shawl Plantation then across fields to return to Leyburn. Afternoon tea was in the Posthorn Café in Leyburn.