Category: Goathland
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Thomason Foss
With Loftus gracing the BBC news this morning, having recorded the highest rainfall in the UK yesterday at 16.0 mm, it is hardly surprising that Thomason Foss would be in full flow. Earlier, we had abandoned our attempt to reach Mallyan Spout near Goathland, as the path along West Beck, another tributary of the River…
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Old Wives’ Well
A chance to explore the moorland south of Goathland known as Simon Howe Rigg and into the depths of Cropton Forest in search of a moorland cross and a well said to be a holy well. The two features are just 373 metres apart which may or may not be a coincidence. Old Wives’ Well,…
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Nelly Ayre Foss
Waterfall of the week, Nelly Ayre Foss on West Beck although I prefer the name used upstream, Wheeldale Beck. A magical place especially on a sunny winter’s day but, wanting everything perfect, the sun happened to be directly behind the falls so they are backlit. Not ideal but not too distracting I think. But who…