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White Mare Crag
Perhaps better known as Whitestone Cliff. The Calcareous Grit crag is supposed to have formed in the eighteen century when the steep scarp slope slumped, an occurrence recorded by the Rev. John Wesley, the Methodist preacher, in his journal: “1755. On Thursday, March 25th, many persons observed a great noise near a ridge of mountains…
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First snowdrops of the year
Early blooms, with the prospect of produce a fine carpet, and yellow acronites too. The church is All Saints at Ingleby Arncliffe, a small building conveniently situated next to the hall but a kilometre walk from the village. It was rebuilt in 1821 but the stonework to the doorway is said to be Norman. Open…
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Whitby Abbey from Sandsend
A right rowelly day at Sandsend. A great day for a walk on the beach. Down the coast, Whitby Abbey stands grandly on the cliffs veiled by the spray kicked up by the tummelly sea. Founded by Hild, the daughter of a Deiran prince, in the late 650s, the Abbey is most famous for the…
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Cliff Rigg Quarry
Former whinstone quarry that dominates the modest Cliff Ridge overlooking the village of Great Ayton. The whinstone seam is part of the Cleveland Dyke, a protrusion of very hard volcanic rock cutting through the surrounding soft sedimentary rocks. It was formed 58 million years ago from a volcano near the Isle of Mull and can…
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Easterside Hill
Lower Bilsdale and the distinctive bulk of Easterside Hill with its limestone cap dominating the confluence of the Rivers Septh and Rye. Seen from Ayton Bank on the edge of Rievaulx Moor on a dull overcast morning. Interestingly, a Dornier Do217 of the German Luftwaffe crashed into north end of Easterside Hill (to the right)…
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Wayside cross, Black Hill
After a great exploration of Glaisdale Rigg, my final photo of the day. A stone’s throw from the where the car was parked, a Medieval wayside cross. Situated at the crossroads of Yarlesgate, the north-south pannierway linking Lealholm to Rosedale, and the east-west track from Glaisdale to Great Fryup Dale, down the very steep Beanley…
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Low Bride Stones
You might believe these squat sandstone stacks were laid down in seas long ago when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Their curious shapes the result of the wind and the rain. But A.J.Brown* suggests it was Wade who placed them during a game of duckstones. Now, this is not so unfeasible, for Wade was a giant…
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At the South Gare
Enjoyed yesterday’s stroll on the beach so much, headed to the South Gare. Of course, by the lunar clock, an hour earlier. Two hours off high tide. Wave height only 7 foot but the lighting superb. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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An afternoon stroll along Saltburn Sands
Nine-foot waves, the surfers’ website had said, and a “mekkin’ tide“. So a stroll along Saltburn Sands at dusk might be interesting. And a few cobwebs blown away to boot. There was no beach nor surfers. A coulpress of waves breaking over the sea wall leaving seafoam in their wake. A surprised seal found itself…
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Sleepy larch
On the col at Roseberry Common. The larch looks windswept and battered. I wonder if it were a young sapling in 1904 for it was on this day (7th January) in that year that the radiotelegraph company Marconi introduced its new distress signal, ‘CQD’, CQ standing for ‘seek you’, and D for ‘danger’. This was…
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