Category: Wharfedale
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Almscliff Crag, standing guard over Wharfedale
Rock climbers know it for routes with names like Megadoom and Wall of Horrors. Locals in August 1939 knew it for something rather more thrilling: espionage. Three men with foreign accents were spotted near the Crag. Naturally, panic set in. That evening, a flashing light was seen from the summit, and every good Yorkshireman drew…
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Pen-y-Ghent: Where Giants Trod
What a splendid view to stumble upon. Pen-y-Ghent, that stubborn Yorkshire monolith, standing proud above the limestone pavements of Winskill Stones, looking as though it has absolutely no intention of going anywhere. A mountain with a name like that ought to come with legends attached, and Pen-y-Ghent does not disappoint. Stories of giants are ten…
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Burnsall Moor Chimney: Too Small to Be Famous, Too Stubborn to Disappear
High on the moor south of Burnsall, a chimney stands alone among the remains of what was probably a boiler house. Nobody seems entirely sure what it is. At least I have found no creditable source. Opinion is that it belonged to one of the many small collieries that scratched away on these Yorkshire moors…