SD7482 : Ascent to Whernside I had the fortune to witness these stones being laid a few years back. I had always imagined these walkways were lovingly put into place by a time served stone mason with a weathered face and a precision borne of experience. They weren't. Two lads walked them into place then dropped them, after which a third person bedded them down by banging them with the bucket of a mechanical digger. Another romantic idea shattered.