Dave Hilditch's photos with the keyword: Dales

Sometimes we like to think that we're important.

The mighty bulk of Ingleborough looms over the fields near WInterscales.

An image typical of the Yorkshire Dales with its limestone escarpments contrasting with the green landscape. On the left is Warrendale Knots and ahead is Attermire Scar in which there are several caves including Attermire Cave. Our walk took us down the dale from left to right and through the gap in the far stone wall where we turned left beneath Brent Scar and Victoria Cave. Texture is Winter Texture by Kirstin Frank.

A dry stone wall meanders it's way over the landscape to meet up with it's companions in the valley below. This is an area known as Norber which is famous for the large rocks balancing on much smaller rocks (one of which can be seen in the centre of this shot). There are two explanations for this phenomena. The first is that many years ago a giant lived here and his hobby was stone balancing. The other is that the larger rocks were transported here by glaciers and were deposited on the smaller rocks when the glaciers melted. You can believe whichever you want but i know which one I prefer. Texture is "Winter Texture" by Kistin Frank.

Thornton Force in the Yorkshire Dales. We've not had any rain for eight weeks now since this picture was taken. I suspect there is far less water flowing over it now.

As we continued on up the River Twiss we came to the Pecca Falls tumbling through a steep, wooded ravine. Doesn't falling water make a lovely sound?

In my travels I have visited two places that call themselves "God's Country." One is Kerala in Southern India and the other is here In Yorkshire, UK. They are very different but I reckon that they both have a legitimate claim to the title,

Continuing our walk up the River Twiss we came to Pecca Falls. Not too much water flowing here due to the current dry spell but a lovely spot all the same.

Actually a barn in the Yorkshire Dales near Malham Tarn.