The Ribblehead Viaduct and Whernside

A majestic view of this famous viaduct in Winter. The viaduct which is part of the famous Settle to Carlisle rail route is framed nicely by one of the'Three Peaks' mountains called Whernside. At 736m (2415ft) a small hill compared with the mighty Alps but for us here it represents a big mountain indeed. It is joined by the Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent mountains as part of the three Peaks which is one of Britains greatest outdoor peak chalenges - to do all three in the same day. Ingelborough sits almost exactly opposite the wide valley here.

It would have been nice to capture one of the regular trains on this too especailly one of the special steam trains but it was not to be, however I did catch one of the sprinters a short time after -see PiP. Many steam trains including 'The Flying Scotsman' runs over this during certain times of the year. I have yet to see a steam train on here though but I have been on a train that has gone over the viaduct too. The fresh snow was almost gone a couple of days later.

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