The Three Peaks on a Late Autumn Afternoon
Intricate Details in November Light
The late afternoon light, 15 minutes before sunset - captured the great glaciated valley of Chapel-le-Dale perfectly as I continued my research into the Ingleborough rocks.
Here, zoomed in from Thornton - you can clearly see the Falls Foot Landslip in the Yoredale Series making up the cone of Ingleborough.
Earlier I'd visited Settle - my favourite town, backed by the impressive High Hill.
High Hill is composed of reef limestone. It was effectively a barrier separating shallow water at top left from deeper water on the right, 330 million years ago, that is!
Evidence of glaciation: the flat-floored Ribblesdale, near Horton.
Penyghent dominates Ribblesdale like a great slumbering lion.
The great Drumlin Field of North Ribblesdale. Glacial debris smoothed over by ice - but to be honest, no one can entirely agree how drumlins were formed.
The great viaduct of Batty Green at Ribblehead, backed by Whernside - the highest point in Yorkshire.
Looking across glacial drift to the hamlet of Chapel-le-Dale.
The wonderful pavements of Southerscales, Ingleborough's finest.
It's often described as unimpressive - but certainly from here Whernside appears majestic.
Southerscales pavements looking north to Ribblehead.
A lonely tree on the pavements is always worth a picture.
The edge of the pavements - with weathered blocks of limestone.
Ingleborough from Thornton in Lonsdale.
Chapel-le-Dale - showing the magnificent glaciated trench, captured in the early evening light.
Even the skies joined in the artistry this afternoon.
