Category: Kildale
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Millstone, Park Nab
This is a bit of a mystery. In Kildale just off the Baysdale road, it’s a lump of sandstone that has obviously been dressed to the shape of a circle, a good two paces in diameter, maybe five foot, and eight inches thick. (I don’t carry a tape measure around with me so only guessing.)…
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Snowdrops and Aconites
Snowdrops have been out for a few weeks. But this is the first time I’ve seen thisĀ other reminder thatĀ spring is just around the corner. In the grounds of Kildale Hall.
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Sunset over the Cleveland Hills
Another covering of snow last night. Tried to drive up to the top of the Baysdale road to gain some height but gave up at the foot of Park Nab. View is towards Battersby.
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Source of the Leven
Went searching for the spring marked on the OS map as the Source of the Leven on Warren Moor. This is the highest point water was flowing. Behind me was 50m of bog. The River Leven flows through the villages of Great Ayton, Stokesley and Hutton Rudby before discharging into the Tees just downstream of…