Highest point in Yorkshire

[QDanT]

Thursday morning saw me parking at the start of Kingsdale, van at end of lane, and setting off to climb Twisleton scar

which brought Inglebourgh into view

and a photo shoot for Teddy

into the middle of Scales moor for the first brew up

acres of limestone pavement with erratics everywhere

starting to climb higher

with the snow getting deeper

looking down on Ribblehead viaduct

Please Shut the Gate

looking back at Inglebourgh from near the top

at the top of Whernside highest point in Yorkshire 2,414' and 8"
Teddy opens the bar South African Pinotage

with the sun lighting up Morcambe bay, the dark blobs on the coast line Heysham power station

it was a long way back down and with the sun setting into the bay

I came down Twisleton scar (first photo) in the dark which gave my Fenix LD10 a proper trial the verdic - Superb !
just thought I'd share cheers all Danny

 

[Zingmo]

Wow! Thats just amazing scenery. Thanks for the post. If I were shown Pic 5 and asked to guess what country it was, I would never guess England.

Z

 

[EdS]

another good one.

Getting itchy feet again.

 

[EdS]

highest points of the new counties / unitary areas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_counties_by_highest_point

 

[Andy2112]

Dan, amazing, it looks like an alien landscape in the first few pics. What caused the rock formations there. (i should ask my future brother in law as he's a doctor of geology, lol)

 

[Shewie]

Great pics again Danny, thanks for sharing

 

[jamalex]

I am so green with envy!

Beautiful up there.

Alex

 

[Adze]

Aye... I can see that from my bedroom window. On a clear day of course, if the fog rolls up the bay we're lucky to see the bottom of the garden.

 

[Badger74]

Yorkshire. Gods own county. Amazing.

 

[Melonfish]

just stunning. i'm going to have to hop the next ride to yorkshire methinks! why is it the north of england is way better looking then the south?

 

[dwardo]

Photos are great thanks for posting..

 

[EdS]

why is it the north of england is way better looking then the south?

Because they got the jobs and money - we got the landscape. okenest:

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

Very Nice thanks for sharing with us..

 

[Miyagi]

Yawkshi? Yawkshi?

Your photos bring to mind me leaving a Springlike Jockland one December ('87 or '88ish), to swap "shifts/duties" with a colleague in Yorkshire.

It really was like Spring at home, but when I got to Yawkshi it was a whiteout!

Beautiful photos, absolutely stunning - thanks for sharing.

All the best,

Liam

 

[Lordyosch]

Dan, amazing, it looks like an alien landscape in the first few pics. What caused the rock formations there. (i should ask my future brother in law as he's a doctor of geology, lol)

Limestone pavement is due to the partial erosion of the limestone rock. In areas where it is harder (possibly due to the presence of 'impurities' in the limestone, possibly a quirk of sedimentation) the rock remains. In softer areas (see above causes) it is weathered more rapidly.

It makes for good photos and twisted ankles!


Top photos by the way, I was up on Pen Y Ghent a few weeks back, not nearly that much snow. On a clear day I can see Ingleborough and Pen Y from here as I cycle home from work. Only a 40 mile detour...


Jay

 

[QDanT]

Wow! Thats just amazing scenery. Thanks for the post. If I were shown Pic 5 and asked to guess what country it was, I would never guess England.
Z

Hi Zingmo I'm pleased you like them. I've manually stitched x2 together using windows paint looking at the Inglebourgh range from photo 5

bit of a crease in the sky and sepia it could be Mars never mind England

cheers Danny