Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Park Nab

  • Park Nab’s Holly Tree Wall

    Park Nab’s Holly Tree Wall

    This is Park Nab in Kildale — a sandstone crag that is one of the prime venues for climbing in North Yorkshire. Now, I’d never go so far as to call myself a “climber,” yet I’ve dabbled in the sport, to an extent. Amongst my successes is a route aptly named: “Twin Cracks,” finishing its…

  • Park Nab

    Park Nab

    The Northern Weekly Gazette was published in Stockton-on-Tees between 1895 and 1932. Its byline was “A Home Journal Written by the People for the People“. The price in 1913 was one old penny. One of the regular sections was the “Children’s Circle — Conducted by Daddy” in which letters written by children were published. On…

  • Park Nab

    Park Nab

    On This Day 25th May 1659, “His Most Serene Highness By the Grace of God, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging” the Lord Protector Richard Cromwell resigned his position. So ended our flirtation with republicanism, leading to the restoration of the monarchy and the crowning of…

  • Cleveland Hills

    Cleveland Hills

    Another temperature inversion in the Vale of Cleveland. Far better than yesterday. Magic. This is from Park Nab above Kildale looking towards Clay Bank. A day when I have become infected by the emotion and relief surging across the USA. But deep down there is a fear that it’s the start of a protracted battle…

  • Park Nab

    Park Nab

    A sunny evening after a day of rain. This is one of a pair of blue fields flanking Green Gate Lane, better known as the Little Kildale road. The crop is Lacy phacelia or Blue tansy. The photograph has actually rendered the colour less blue than I remember. I am a bit disappointed. Must be…

  • Park Nab from Percy Rigg

    Park Nab from Percy Rigg

    Park Nab, like a sleeping dragon with its breath creeping up the hillside. A dismal forecast. A day for keeping local. Open Space Web-Map builder Code

  • Park Nab

    Park Nab

    Late evening sunshine. View to Battersby Crag. And a request to include a link to the location. Here goes.