Out & About …

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

Day: 20 February 2019

  • On Dead Man’s Hill

    On Dead Man’s Hill

    Or the continuing story of Jenny Twigg and her daughter Tib. We parked up at Scar House Reservoir at the top of Nidderdale last night and from across the reservoir, Dead Man’s Hill beckoned. A plan formed for my morning run. There was no phone reception at Scar House Reservoir so I had to wait…

  • Jenny Twigg and her daughter Tib

    Jenny Twigg and her daughter Tib

    Ee, I love maps me. I happened to notice the name “Jenny Twigg and her daughter Tib” marked on the map of Fountains Earth Moor overlooking Nidderdale, and so I just had to suss them out. It turned out they were two gritstone towers carved by the wind and rain, on the edge of but…