Out & About …

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

Tag: fog

  • A misty Coate Moor

    A misty Coate Moor

    “Mist muged on þe mor malt on þe mountez Uch hille hade a hatte a myst hakel huge” Two lines in Middle English from the medieval poem of Arthurian chivalry “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. Translated it says: The moor was muggy with mist, and the snow melted on the mountains, and each hill…

  • Great Ayton from Cliff Rigg

    Great Ayton from Cliff Rigg

    An early wander with the dog up Cliff Rigg. Fog creeping up from the Tees Valley, its duvet not quite reaching the village. In an hour’s time, there’ll be sufficient heat in the sun for it to dissipate. Open Space Web-Map builder Code

  • I’m doing fine …

    I’m doing fine …

    … up here on Cloud Nine. There is a measurement for the amount of cloud cover in the sky. That is the ‘okta‘. Not surprisingly there are eight of them. Zero is when the sky is completely clear of cloud and an okta value of eight is when the sky is completely covered. so four…

  • Carlton Bank

    Carlton Bank

    A bright sunny day over the vale of Cleveland without a cloud in the sky. But Raisdale and Bilsdale to the south had plenty of fog which overflowed down Carlton Bank. Quite a dramatic site. The photo was taken from a spot on the Busby road with the super name of Rolling Pin Gate.