Taking a retirees country break, the Missus and me are enjoying time in the gorgeous Yorkshire Dales town of Settle to recharge our batteries.
On the way here I was lucky to bag three annuals at Thorpe Arch car boot: the neat Baby Boomer dolls, Topper Book 1970 for my Grandson and Toby Twirl Adventures - more on that later.
Settle is famous for it's massive Ribblehead railway viaduct, an engineering moorland marvel.
It's also a great place for hill rambles, which is what we did today and here are a few Autumnal snaps of the Victoria Cave circular walk.
The sheer length of the countless dry stone walls was staggering and they must in sum be, like the Pyramids or similar, one of the greatest building projects ever!
We had to look twice but the black shape is actually a cave!
Seeing the scree slopes below the crags reminded me of past daft antics: scree running as a young teenager, in the Lakes, running down the rock slides and feeling them shift as you ran. Crazy! Do you have scree?
This cast iron plate recalled the monolith in 2001! I very nearly started bashing it with a sheep bone! Have you got any strange features locally?
This hilltop reminded me of a frog's head!
After all that fresh air, drizzle, sheep and rocks, it's a well-earned fish supper tonight with a cup of Yorkshire tea.
Tomorrow, Settle's charity shops!
Not really one for long walks across the hills and dales. The Charity Shops sound much more fun.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, me too Paul, although once I'm up in the wild hills and moors I love it. You have proper mountains by the dozen in NZ don't you.
DeleteYes, big tall mountains. None of which I have ever attempted to climb. I prefer the flat.
ReplyDeleteHa ha!
DeleteGood grief, what an amazing landscape! Nothing remotely like it here in boring New England! SFZ
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that SF! You guys are world famous for your beautiful Fall!
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