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Limestone Scenery

An early winter's morning visit to the limestone scenery above Malham, taking in Ing Scar and the top of The Watlows Dry Valley along which The Pennine Way runs. My return journey gave lovely views over the Ribble Valley towards Pen y Ghent and Ingleborough.

Comb Hill from Ings Scar

Above Malhamdale

Comb Hill from Ings Scar

Dean Moor Hill from Langscar

Frosted Moss

Path To Watlows

Pennine Way, Watlows Dry Valley

Watlows Dry Valley

Pennine Way

Towards Ingleborough

Towards Pen y Ghent

Towards Ingleborough

Above Ribblesdale

Bridleway to Stainforth

Airton and The Pennine Way

My first blog of the new decade. It is just some photos I took on one of the few nice days we have had this year. On the whole January has been a pretty miserable month with plenty of grey blanket cloud which has been interspersed with periods of wet weather. I'm not a blue sky photographer by any means but a bit more variety in the weather would been nice. There's no sign of any snow coming our way in the foreseeable future either so it looks like we are stuck with it.

With the break in the weather, I decided to head to the excellent Town Head Farm Shop and Cafe at Airton near Malham for some breakfast and a coffee. I arrived fairly early so had a pick of the tables but by the time I left about an hour later, the place was full. I had intended to drive over the tops to Wharfedale but with the weather being so nice, I left my car in the cafe car park and headed off back through the village to meet up with The River Aire and Pennine Way. My walk wasn't a long one, I just followed the path behind Airton Mill, through an area of wetlands and then crossed the infant River Aire, returning along The Pennine Way.

I reckon I was only gone an hour or so but it was still good to get out in the fresh air with the camera. With a bit of planning, I reckon you could go all the way to Malham on The Pennine Way and then return via a series of paths on the other side of the valley with only a minimal amount of road walking. Maybe I'll return later in the year.

It's not a long blog as I tend to lose a bit of motivation at this time of year but hopefully, with the caravan season beginning in March, I will regain my va-va-voom and be a bit more productive.

Airton

River Aire

Peninne Way Footbridge

Peninne Way at Airton

Airton Trees

Foss Gill

River Aire

Kiln Hill Airton

Sunrise in Malhamdale

These photos of the spinney at Eshton were take nearly a month ago on an early morning drive up to The Lake District. I had wanted to set off a bit earlier and get up to The Lakes before the sun rose but it wasn't to be. As luck would have it though, the turn off for Malham was on my way so it was only a short detour to my journey and I was well rewarded.

It was a cold and frosty morning and the low sun gave some brilliant shadows, so much so that even the local sheep seemed impressed by it all or maybe they were just surprised and shocked that there was some idiot taking photos at that time of day!

Within minutes of me taking these photos the frost had melted and the moment gone.