There and Back

After yesterdays strenuous walk amongs the Falls, our walk through the nature trail to the Caves sounded a bit easier - thankfully. accordinng to the official literature: "Ingleborough Cave is found in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It was first discovered in 1837 by brave Victorian explorers who drained away a lake and went on to discover 1/2km of previously unexplored passages delving deep beneath Ingleborough mountain, with only candles to guide them! Today, the cave is well lit, and you can follow in the footsteps of those pioneers on an awe-inspiring voyage of discovery! A well-lit concrete footpath leads visitors through a kilometre of passages, past breath-taking stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones, brought to life by formations and artefacts dating back millions of years! The well maintained Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail wends its way just over a mile through the beautiful woodland, past the lake, the money tree and Aunt Bessie’s Grotto, before emer...

A 4½ mile trail, via a series of spectacular waterfalls, through ancient woodland and beautiful Yorkshire Dales scenery. There are a lot of ups and downs but the trail is easy to follow. Some people say `the best in the UK` others not quite so enthusiastic. However, everyone says its worth doing - and it is! I took numerous photos, but unfortunately I am not always sure as to which waterfall is which but most have the right name I am sure. So here is my record of a stunning walk. River Twiss Money Tree - full of coins from hundreds of walkers Cliff side path Pecca Falls Thornton Force Thornton Force River Twiss at Twistleton Scar End - I believe and also the following three images. River Twiss at Twistleton Scar End River Twiss at Twistleton Scar End Quarry on Waterfalls Walk Beezley Falls Triple Spout Rival Falls Rival Falls From here we walked back into Ingleton and collapsed into the Village Kitchen cafe! A drink and something to eat and some energy returned. A great day and well wo...

The Ribblehead Viaduct, an iconic symbol of Victorian engineering and perseverance, is the largest and most impressive of the viaducts on the Settle to Carlisle railway line. Its majestic arches stretch across the rugged landscape of Batty Moss in Ribblehead, North Yorkshire, and serve as a testament to the ambitious vision and skill of the engineers and labourers who brought the railway line to life. - so the blurb goes! And yes, it is magnificent. Although the day was rather dull, I managed some images to record my visit. The viaduct was designed by John Sydney Crossley, chief engineer of the Midland Railway, who was responsible for the design and construction of all major structures along the line. The viaduct was necessitated by the challenging terrain of the route. Construction began in late 1869. It necessitated a large workforce, up to 2,300 men, most of whom lived in shanty towns set up near its base. Over 100 men lost their lives during its construction. The Settle to Carlisle...

With promise of a wet day, we thought ` let`s visit a town` - so just down the road from Ingleton is Kirby Lonsdale and that is where we headed. Despite the forecast, we did not get very wet and were able to wander around and look at a few interesting things. We also had a great dinner in a restaurant in the high street. While the rolling hills around Kirkby Lonsdale provide picturesque views, the town itself is quite magnificent. Its Georgian market square is extremely elegant, while its stone buildings have changed little in almost 300 years. Unfortunately I didn`t take many images in the town centre amongst all the traffic! Kirkby Lonsdale has been an important settlement since the Neolithic era with the remains of Celtic towns being unearthed close by. It was also inhabited by the Romans, with a milestone and the remains of a road being found close to the River Lune in 1836. It is believed that the road was part of a route that run along the side of the Lune and connected forts at ...

Although we had visited many of the places around this area before, it was `many moons` ago - 12 years to be precise! So we were looking forward to this holiday, although the thought of the journey was a bit daunting. As it turned out, the journey was not as bad as anticipated and the A14 - M6 route was easy to follow. Arriving in Ingleton, we soon found our cottage and made ourselves at home. The weather had threatened us, but the week overall did not turn out too bad, enabling us to see most of what we had planned. One of the things which first struck me was - rivers. Ingleton has the River Doe and the River Twiss meetinng to form the source of the River Greta, which passes under the viaduct and is itself a tributary of the River Lune! Ingleton rivers The story of the local railway is some what bizarre. It has two station!  It was originally planned in 1846 to form part of a main line route from London to Scotland, but fell victim to rivalry between railway companies. Comple...

This session with Gill was to two locations - both coastal - one to Aldeburgh and the other to Shingle Street. These are two beaches which have a variety of flowers on the beach area and amongs the boats and other paraphernalia. Obviosly, most of the images feature boats, but the flowers are quite spectacular in unexpected places. Hers are a few of my offerings! These first three show the flowers in the landscape and amongs the general objrcts of the area  ..... generally boats .... .... but not always! These two images above show flowers in general patches around the beach. Other large clumps of flowers are around the sheds and posts etc All of the above images were taken at Aldeburgh, and those below are from Shingle Street. These lower ones focus on individual flowers. Bee Orchid. Not too common but a beautiful flower  Vipers Bugloss and the same below. Vipers Bugloss   It was very interesting focusing on the flowers on the beaches because it is not generally an area...