Photography: Rosedale b&w views

Yeah, ok, it ain't black & white... but I really like that one!

Photography: East Rosedale windows

 

Walking: Rosedale east mineral railway

We left the campsite & headed up Daleside Road,

passing the worker's houses of Hill Cottages & Rosedale East, 

made our way up to the dismantled railway, & continued north.

 A hot day, light was bright but readily overcast...

lots to look at & great views (but often very flat light!)

There is no mistaking this as owt but an industrial landscape...

high iron-ore concentration stone & coal was readily had hereabouts,

& forging of metal taken place since at least the year 1200.

The calcining kilns are truly monumental,

& relics of workings lie all about.

I read that 12 million tons of ironstone left this dale

for smelters at Durham & Teeside...

the Yorkshire Klondyke is quiet now, & nature reasserts dominion.

Lovely, mind...

et une magnifique tourte au steak a la biere

at the Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge!

We descended via Dalehead, to meander the valley bottom,

crossing & recrossing the River Seven, exploring local footpaths.

A grand day of walking... & we didn't go to the pub!

 

Photography: few days in the North Yorkshire Moors

We were in Rosedale 3 years ago... always intended to return.

So, we finally did...

for the views...

for the walking...

for the pub...

for the lovely campsite - just a loosening stroll from the pub!