Tan Hill .
From Keld go back to the B6270 turn right and take the first right this will take you to the Tan Hill Inn, England's highest public house,
The county border was moved in 1974 and Tan Hill was taken into County Durham, however Yorkshire folk don’t take to bureaucratic change very well so after much protesting and campaigning it was returned to its rightful place again in 1982.
Built in the 18th century it stands 1732 ft above sea level on Stonesdale Moor.
Surrounded only by the Swaledale sheep and fine views of the dales.
With not a village or another house in sight there is nothing to stop the cold winter wind that blows the snow across the moor apart from its 3 ft thick sandstone walls and more recently the double glazing,
Older surfers may remember the “Buy the Best fit Everest” television adverts made here by the late Mr Ted Moult, farmer and TV personality.
However when Mrs. Susan Peacock came to run the pub in 1902 it was a different story, double glazing had yet to be invented, running water, plumbing and the central heating that comes with it was confined to the wealthy, even now electricity has to be generated on site.
In 1985 the then new owners sunk a bore hole 170 ft deep to find the water that supplies the pub
Susan in her day was a celebrated character well known and loved for her no nonsense attitude,
She was heard several times interviewed on the radio, When she passed away in 1937 a loyal customer and friend carved a memorial into a boulder of sandstone at the back of the inn,
It is said that she still walks in the pub and occasionally and mysteriously pulls the odd pint of beer, I believe it!
Situated at the crossing point of drovers roads the inn became a regular meeting place for local sheep farmers, The Pennine Way cuts across the front of the inn
A sheep sale and show still takes place by the side of the Inn every year in May.
The Hole of Horcum.
Legend has it that the huge hollow in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park that is the Hole of Horcum and is about quarter of a mile wide a mile long and six hundred feet deep was scooped out of the ground in rage by a giant called Wade, he threw it at his wife Bel who had infuriated him but it missed her and landed two miles away to the east and formed a conical hill known as Blakey Topping.
What actually happened was streams that run down through the valley wore the surface away and water from underground springs gradually undermined the area.
There is a car parking area on the opposite side of the A 169 at Saltergate Bank in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park .
Well marked footpaths lead you over heather covered Levisham Moor and take you round the edge of the Hole of Horcum through woodland in the vale of Dunsdale and back along the base of the vale.
The Saltergate Inn is just a short walk away down the hill on the A169,
As well as serving an excellent pint of beer and Pub food it is also famous for its peat fire that has reputedly never been allowed to die out for hundreds of years.