At the beginning of September 2012, the start of an all too brief spell of Indian summer, I took three friends into the Yorkshire Dales to ride the Settle Loop section of the Pennine Bridleway. I had ridden it several times before but Jen had only ever ridden a part of it, and as for Bex and Warren, well, it was to be a new adventure for them. The last time I rode the Loop was the February before last when I was with another group of friends and it absolutely lashed it down every minute of the ride - a shared experience never to be forgotten,