Looking back at photos taken during my recent sojourn in the Yorkshire Dales it struck me how much I had managed to cram in. This is a region that can’t fail to leave a rich and positive lasting impression
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To the stars and back
Posted in Posts, Yorkshire Dales, tagged Black Gold, Copper Dragon, Kettlewell, Starbottan, Wallace And Gromit, Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales on 25 June 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today the sun is shining despite assurances from the MET office that I should be under a roof or in a boat. There is pretty good visibility so I head off to Kettlewell a short drive from Grassington up Wharfedale for a walk that ought to involve some good views.
From Malham to … Malham
Posted in Posts, Yorkshire Dales, tagged Gorsdale Scar, Hanlith, Malham, Mastiles Lane, Pennine Way, Smearbottoms, Weet Tops, Yorkshire Dales on 23 June 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With all the events at this years Grassington Festival – some that I have even been attending – it would be easy to forget the other reason I’m here in the Yorkshire Dales. It just happens to boast some of the finest walking country you will find. Anywhere. For every action there is an equal [...]
Built To Last
Posted in Posts, Yorkshire Dales, tagged Dry Stone Wall, Grassington, Grassington Festival, Wharfedale on 21 June 2011 | 3 Comments »
If like me you have grown up used to seeing dry stone walls zig zagging the landscape you tend to take them for granted. When I found out that there was a beginners course in Dry Stone Walling at this years Grassington Festival I was immediately curious because I had always assumed that they were [...]
Grassington Festival
Posted in Posts, Yorkshire Dales, tagged Foresters Arms, Grassington, Grassington Festival, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Kate Rusby, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Wharfedale on 19 June 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m in the Yorkshire Dales. More precisely I’m in the large village/small town of Grassington in Wharfedale. Tonight the curtain raises on this year’s fortnight long Grassington Festival and I’m here for the first half of it. A couple of months ago I did not even realise that Grassington held a festival but the idea [...]
