Thursday 26 December 2013

Three Peaks Thrills of Thirteen
The best of 2013: part two



July: Jacko returns to Malham Cove after his 1973 'skydive'.


July:  Superb view from the brink of Malham Cove.


July:  Malham Cove from the stream below the cliff face.


August: The Smelt Mill chimney near Malham Tarn.


August: Malham Tarn from the path to the Priest's House.


August:  Chapel Cave, Malham Tarn.


August:  Is that a man peeping round the corner in Chapel Cave?


August:  Kirkby Malham Church - 'Cathedral of the Dales.'


August:  Kirkby Malham Church.


August:  Limestone pavement above the Watlowes, Malham.


August:  Watlowes dry valley, Malham.


August:  Lichens on an old tree - Malham Tarn.


August:  The author on the edge of the world: Malham Cove.


August:  Scaleber Force, Settle, in flood.


August: Stridebut Iron Age Settlement, Malham.


August:  Sheriff Hill burial cairn, Malham Cove.


August: The ancient enclosures of the Malham Raikes.


August:  The Lower fall of Force Gill, Whernside.


August:  Grensett Cave, high on the slopes of Whernside.


August: The author inside Greensett Cave, Whernside.


August:  Greensett Tarn, Whernside.


August:  Southerscales, looking to Whernside.


August:  The awe-inspiring Meregill Hole, Ingleborough.


August:  Red admiral at Meregill Hole.


August: Limestone beneath the slopes of Ingleborough.


August:  Ingleborough from Raven Scars.


August:  Raven Scar Cave - inhabited by early man.


August: Bronze Age settlements, Ingleborough.


August:  White Scars, Ingleborough.


August: Solitary hawthorn, White Scars, Ingleborough.


August:  On the Black Shiver ridge, Ingleborough, with the pavements below.


August:  Boulder of gritstone just below the summit of Ingleborough.


August:  The main limestone, the highest band of limestone on Ingleborough.


August: Low clouds moving up Chapel-le-Dale, from the Black Shiver, Ingleborough.


August: Great Scar Limestone above Crina Bottom.


August:  The Black Shiver ridge, Ingleborough.


August:  Sandstone on the Black Shiver, Ingleborough.


August: Circular remains on Ingleborough's summit - now thought to be associated with burials.


August:  Samson's Toe, above Langcliffe, Ribblesdale.


August: Penyghent from Winskill Stones.


August:  Samson's Toe, a massive Silurian erratic resting on the remains of a limestone pavement.


September: The Map of Wales - Yordas Cave, Kingsdale.


September: Jingling Cave, Kingsdale.


September:  Limestone and shale beds in Rowten Cave.


September:  The impressive opening of Rowten Pot.


November: The Haws House Ring Cairn, Chapel-le-Dale.


November:  Neolithic cairn, Chapel-le-Dale.


November:  Whernside from Fell Close.


November:  Fell Close Rocks, near Ribblehead.


December:  The White Horses, Greater Kelcow Cave, Settle.


December:  The Coney Garth 'square enclosure' near Rathmell.


Have a happy and healthy 2014 and I look forward to leading you on many more limestone adventures.

Stephen x


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