Out & About …

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

Day: 16 February 2023

  • A dreich morning in Bransdale

    A dreich morning in Bransdale

    This impressive holloway or sunken lane was once one of the major routes out of the dale. Climbing up from Groat House, it is shown on the 1857 OS Six-inch O.S. map. It is also shown on an earlier map of 1828, but not on one of 1782. The term ‘holloway‘ derives from the Old…