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2016 Walking photographs

Waterfall at Clapham

Clapham Church

Fascinating tree shapes

What is it ?

Clapham Beck

A pause

Along Clapdale Drive

Bridge by Ingleborough Cave entrance

Towards Trow Gill

Onwards and up!

The “Bridge Photo”!

Looking towards Clapham Bottoms

And on up to Long Lane

Snow on Ingleborough

Long Lane down to Clapham

The farm at Clapdale

Many puddles on Long Lane!

The final stretch

Barbon Church

Barbon Church

Admiring shapes of trees on the Dent road

Barbondale

Looking towards Castle Knott

Barbondale

Barbon High Fell

Barbon High Fell

Our lunch spot

Hills of the Lake District

Distant wind turbines

Across the very muddy fields to Barbon

Pastoral landscape

Barbon Manor Woods

Barbon Beck

Through the woods

Barbon Beck

The Geology Lesson

A Bridge Too Far!

Safety talk from our Walks leader?

Looking up Barbondale

The climb up towards Bullpot Farm

Trouble with the gate!

Waiting at Bullpot Farm for the explorers

Looking across to Leck Fell

View towards the west

Beautiful light for the trees

Goldsworthy sheepfold sculpture

Mud, mud everywhere!

Heading back towards Barbon

Whelprigg House

The walkers looking forward to tea in Barbon

Gargrave Canal

Kitting Up

Sizergh

The Briefing

The Briefing

Up through the woods

Snowdrops

A pause before starting the Scout Scar climb

Let’s see what we can see!

View down into the Lyth Valley

Onwards and up!

A better view of the Lyth Valley as we get higher

Just checking where we are!

Looking out to the estuary

Getting towards our lunch spot

Looking north

Our lunch spot comes into view

Trees on limestone

The advance party return to the Mushroom lunch spot

The “Bridge” photo

Now more light on the estuary

Heading steeply down towards Brigsteer

Into the woods!

And of course more mud!

Arnside to Grange railway bridge (far away)

Arnside Knott and the bridge

Back at Sizergh Castle

A squeeze to start

then into a spacious field to Dovehouse Lane

Farleton Fell ahead

blue sky and sunshine

a meandering beck

plenty of gorse out

Number 100 is looking for a mother

still alone

Puddlemire Lane is very dry!

chevrolets

wild daffs

a pause along the way

a long straight wall over Newbiggin Crags

passing by the Crags

walking west – with 2 extras going our way

reedmace – in an old dewpond perhaps

hazy views

belted Galloways

a closer look

a rock-bound tree

Holme Park Quarry

limestone pavement with erratics

the sheer walls of the quarry face

limestone erratics on limestone stumps

lunch, with the Lakes hills in the distance

… and the M6 twisting away

off again

pitted limestone on the pavement

the erratics are much less pitted

out to Morecambe Bay

the motorway(L) and the canal (R)

sloping up

… or down?

east towards our western Dales

looking back

the cairn on Farleton Knott

across to the Lake District hills – a bit clearer now through binoculars

a very big gorse patch to avoid on the way down!

catkins on the hazel

the bridge picture

celandine

reflections

along the towpath

looking back to Farleton Fell

overflow into a beck under the canal

the end

refreshment

Orton

over the first stile

14 of us walking in fine weather

cloudy over the How Gills, to the south of us

little lambs

queuing at a tricky gated stile

a pleasant distant view

checking the map

limestone edges

limestone pavement

crossroads

blue skies and limestone

the group – someone is hiding

a passing plane

walking through the limestone

High Cup Nick, background left

close-up of High Cup Nick

common lizard at our lunch place

common lizard at our lunch place

lunch in the sunshine…

… and the others

junction of stone walls

ponies on Asby Winderwath Common

pussy willow

snow on the Pennines

we’ve come down Sayle Lane, now heading to Sunbiggin

weather coming!!

skirting us

more limestone pavement

(I love these lone trees!)

kitted up for rain

but it didn’t last long

heading back with blue skies

How Gills again

Mallerstang Edge

How Gills

looking west

stone circle, near Raisbeck

conglomerate stones make up the circle

last bit on the road to Orton

waiting to use the stile!

sharing the stile

thanks

back over the beck at Orton

marsh marigolds in the beck

the Orton church clock

The Orton chocolate factory and cafe!!

Middlesmoor

up the road, in lovely sunshine

looking back to Gouthwaite Reservoir

Scar House Reservoir coming in to view

Scar House Reservoir

below the reservoir

the dam wall – very smart

an attempt at a bridge picture – some were too short!

there were 11 + me though!

a beautiful April day – so warm too

looking down from the dam: the River Nidd

an impressive structure

(not us) they had motors!

Nidderdale

lots of heather to revisit when it is out

a steep descent to Woo Gill

patterns in the heather

a grouse!

a shooting butt in the wall

distant view of Great Whernside and Little Whernsie

t’other way!

good track

and then the descent

Shooting House

we went the other way, but pretty daffs

bridge over the Nidd

2 stiles – or through the gate

looking back

a squeeze

view down the vallet to Gouthewaite Reservoir

up the hill to Middlesmoor

we didn’t go over this stile

a gnarled tree

last stile

Sizergh

Malham

The Bridge Photo

Starting off towards Janet’s Foss

Kingcups

First view of Malham Cove

Approaching Janet’s Foss

For bees

Janet’s Foss

Plenty of wild garlic

Waterfall at Janet’s Foss

Waterfall at Janet’s Foss

A pause for re-fuelling

Onwards and up!

Going up to Gordale Bridge

The path to Gordale Scar

Approaching Goredale Scar

At Goredale Scar

I don’t think we are going to follow them!

Lunch

Lunch

Onwards and up again!

Looking back at Malham

They heard the farmer approaching – food ?

Attractive walls

At the top of Malham Cove

We made it!

Navigating the limestone pavement

Start of the steps down to Malham

The peregrine falcon nest at the back of the crevice

The Breakaway Group.

He joined us for tea at the end of the walk

Beamsley Beacon

misty distant views all day

impressive walls (for Beacon Hill House?)

looking south towards Ilkley

a private area…

… behind complex walling

Beacon Hill House

looks like an old school

then we found discarded egg shells

lapwings sceamed at us as we walked along …

first view of March Ghyll reservoir

a sheep with 2 lambs on the moors (should they be there?)

two ‘bridges’

a bit brighter

a long uphill walk

Ilkley behind the sheep

a windy break

a windy break by a cairn

with the golfballs in the distance

a good track – very stoney in places

a useful wall for our lunch stop

our lunch-time view

and off again

March Ghyll reservoir coming back into view

Simon Seat on the horizon

on top of Round Hill

the views from the top …

…

…

and setting off down

two plaques

coming off the moor

our cars are still there!

Slaidburn

setting off in sunshine from Fairmile Gate

heading south

Lakeland fields to the west

the first gully

Silerian siltstone slabs

railway viaduct and wind turbines

going up

typical landscape

motorway, railway and river

one pause of many!

Lake District hills profile rather hazy

train passing

sunny with light breeze

Howgills to the south of us

very steep up!

north west

south

south east

an early food break

(with Sally!)

Long Rigg Beck meandering down the valley

where we have just come from!

a bit more up

The Calf trig point

some views from the top

a rare manmade structure

can you spot it?

heading down

unusual quarz intrusion

another sheep fold

two becks meeting – our crossing point

our last sit down

back to stone walls

and metal sheep pens

but also a last uphill

looking back

a level path

Fairmile Gate and the cars

a fantastic walk in sunshine all the way

a few sheep down here

and a few cows

back the way we came now

Sedbergh

Poster in Friends Meeting House

Meeting House interior

School’s out!

Painting of a meeting

Shaker style

Some of woodwork undocumented but done by Gillow’s apprentice

Lunch in Meeting House garden

George Fox stayed here

Listening to talk by a Friend

Brigflatts Meeting House

Internationally renowned local Quaker poet, buried in Quaker buried ground

Unused railway line

View from the bridge

River Rawthey converging with another one!

Dale’s Way

Bridge washed away in recent floods

Pepper pot

Malham Tarn

The Chimney

Malham Tarn

The Walkers

Nearly back!

Going down to the Locks

The weir

At Stackhouse

Single file across the meadow

A slippery climb up

The track up from the Mains

Looking across to Pen-y-Ghent

And back to Langcliffe

Sharing a joke ?

What have I done now ?

Interesting water feature ?

Langcliffe

Still going up

Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent

At the top of Giggleswick Scar

The Quarry

Lots of limestone

Coffe time

Enjoying a snack

Us !

Sue’s photo of me – why ?!

Still going up

What are they doing ?

Well a bit of down at last !

Looking towards Pendle

Yet another gate

Panoramic views all round

Steep slope down to Stackhouse

Nearly there !

Oldest postbox in the Bradford area ?

The Bridge Photo

Setting off from Barnoldswick

Starting the uphill

Determined walkers!

A pause for breath

Looking back at Barnoldswick

Pretty chickens

Gosh !

And off uphill again

Looking towards Pendle

Heading down to Star Hall

Another view of Pendle

Blacko Tower

Alpacas at Weets House Farm

At Weets Hill summit – 1278 ft.

Heading back towards Barnolswick

Looking north.

Our sheltered lunch spot

Pastoral scene

Pretty garden in Barnoldswick

Bainbridge

stepping out

on the moor

a bit of a gathering

the distance stayed hazy all day

9 walkers + me… all smiles

the heather walk

dry and still

a bit of bracken

but lots of heather

which way?

we’ll follow the leader

bilberries

… just show the photographer is doing the walk!

cup & ring marks on the other side of ‘my’ rock

the bridge photo

a useful bridge, too, even on a moor

the heather just keeps blooming

a boundary stone?

reservoir above Ilkley

war memorial

a flock of waders wheeling and diving

another boundary stone?

burnt heather & Rombalds Moor to the right, in the trees

heather in close up

over the slabs

…

…

West Buck Stones

plenty of options for a seat

East Buck Stones

a very small patch of white heather

some of the Thimble Stones

and some poems placed nearby

the trig point (402m)

Twelve Apostles stone circle

High Lanshaw Dam

coming down

blue skies and clearing

and back for a cuppa

Starting out from Halton Gill

Looking back at Halton Gill

A tricky bridge

Safely over

The river Skirfare

Onwards !

Quite a lot of mud

At Foxup

Starting the climb to Low Bergh

Determination !

Pastoral landscape

Halton Gill

A pause for breath

Made it to the road

The turn down to Nether Hesleden

Through the grass

Looking south along Littondale

Steep path down to Nether Hesleden

Heather otherside of the dale

A tricky and muddy bit

Resting belted Galloways

Nearly back at Halton Gill

Our lunch spot

Lunch

The Bridge Photo

The Bridge Photo + 2

Barbon

Airton and Malham

A welsh dragon to welcome us as we set off

the cloud is rather low where we are headed

off we go

the bridge picture!

the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal at Llangattock

a misty view

heading out

trees

the group, with Tristan, our guide

pausing on the way up

the upward path

heads down

Janene

to the lookout bench

the view

Keith & Sue

Crickhowell in the distance

lonely sheep

hawthorn

hawthorn in closeup

still ascending

cloud rising

first view of the limestone escarpment, Craig y Cilau

the cloud is lifting a little

looking down

RAF cadets going caving

a wooded valley

lush green fields

the limestone escarpment, Craig y Cilau

Craig y Cilau

the limestone escarpment, Craig y Cilau

Craig y Cilau

memorial to a caver

in he goes!

and another

we walk on …

looking back to our path

going down

towards the woods

atmospheric

tree shapes

view from below the escarpment

down the track

gorse along the way

getting brighter

down through the bracken

back through the woods

across a field

Table Mountain is clear

the limestone escarpment

heavy with sloes

a style

!

fungi

limekilns by the canal

reflections

leaving the towpath

Table Mountain beyond the apple trees

Austwick

coffee stop in the sun and out of the wind

News and Notices

24 JUNE 2025 – Old Buildings Group visit to Kendal Town Hall and Library May 20, 2025
MONDAY 2 JUNE 2025 – Birdwatching Group visit to Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey May 7, 2025
Tutorials – Joining Groups and updating your Personal details October 28, 2024
Thursday 13th June Monthly talk; Holidays from the past with Chris Helm May 16, 2024
Wednesday 5th June Treasure Hunt and picnic May 16, 2024
Wednesday 29th May Coffee, cake and the work of the committee May 16, 2024

Upcoming Events

Jun 2

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

Birdwatching Group visit to Strid Woods, Bolton Abbey

Jun 24

10:30 am - 3:00 pm

Old Buildings Group visit to Kendal Town Hall

Jul 7

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Birdwatching Group visit to RSPB St Aidan’s and YWT Water Haigh

Jul 8

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Old Buildings Group visit to Dr Buck’s House, Zion Chapel and The Folly in Settle

Aug 5

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Old Buildings Group visit to Beckside House

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