Tag: rainbow
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Scar House Reservoir
Scar House was the third reservoir in upper Nidderdale to be built for the Bradford Corporation Waterworks. Construction work took 15 years finally completed in 1936 with one million tons of masonry being quarried from on Carle Fell opposite. The incline leading to the large quarry can be seen in the photo. The workers and…
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Scugdale
A difficult ascent ofĀ the ‘green lane’ between Scugdale and RaisdaleĀ hinderedĀ a large party of off road motor cyclists coming down. Not aggressive but nevertheless very intimidating. I did takeĀ some pictures of the bikers but eventually settled on a nice rainbow to post. instead. Several years ago there was talk of the National Park closing the lane…
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Brocken spectre
I woke up to rain this morning. Real rain at that. The sort that gets you wet. I had a lift to Guisborough planned and a run back. By the time I was dropped off it had stopped raining and by the time I climbed to Highcliff NabĀ the sunĀ were breaking out leaving wisps of cloud…
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Red Stone
The rainbow portends a squall. It’s easy to forget winter is approaching. This boundary stone on Greenhow Moor looks 18th century, marking the limit of the Feversham Estate. Now is itĀ the ‘Red Stone’ that’s marked on the 1857 Ordnance Survey map? The locationĀ is about right but this stone doesn’t look significant enough to warrant a…