Out & About …

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

Day: 17 October 2018

  • A moorjock on Barker’s Ridge

    A moorjock on Barker’s Ridge

    Grazing below Stony Wicks, a scrappy sandstone set of crags at the head of Scugdale, this moorland sheep is oblivious to the eerie sight of the morning fog creeping up the dale from the Vale of Cleveland. Colloquially known as Moorjocks, this sheep is probably a Swaledale, said to be one of the mountain breeds…