Another Day in Nidderdale
Despite stair-rods of rain battering the windows of my ‘weekend retreat’, on Greenhow hill, at dawn, it eventually drifted away to clear...
Read MoreLe Tour Departed
The Dales were much quieter this weekend. Le Tour has gone, steep hills devoid of cyclist. There is an odd yellow bicycle...
Read MoreYorkshire Blues and Greens
Frequent visits have coloured my idea of walking in Nidderdale with vast sky over wild moors. Peat bogs and tussocks, dramatic drops and...
Read MorePhotogenic Fungi
Sometimes nature is not obliging. Things move. They dance about in the wind. They fly or run or leap. Light dodges around trees or shines...
Read MoreFeasting Fieldfares
Spotted a flock of Fieldfares feasting on berries. Tree stripped in half an hour! ...
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