Trail running in Ribblesdale

You get the full Ingleborough approach, the show cave, the dark cleft of Trow Gill and the perched boulders at Norber, without committing to the summit itself.

Two contrasting Dales summits in one long loop, with the lonely moorland of Fountains Fell giving way to the unmistakable stepped profile of Pen-y-ghent.

Town-to-summit running at its best, starting from Settle's cobbles and reaching the wild tops of Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent before the long loop home.

Vast plateau views on a clear day stretch from the Lake District to the Pennines, with the descent through classic limestone karst.

You get a proper sampler of Ribblesdale from one town: limestone scars and green pasture on the tops, the River Ribble in the valley, and Settle's cafes waiting at the end.

You link two very different waterfalls in one short loop: broad Stainforth Force, where salmon leap in autumn, and Catrigg Force, hidden in a deep wooded ravine you would run straight past without the sign.

You climb straight to Victoria Cave, a huge fault-line cavern that gave up bones of ancient hippo and bear, set in the theatrical limestone cliffs of Attermire Scar.

Three summits, 1,505m of ascent, and a finish back in Horton means that you have definitely earned a drink.