Bridestones walk, December 2011Swaledale barns near GunnersideSwaledale towards GunnersideKettlewell rainbow - WharfedaleLooking towards Lendal BridgeThe Pepperpot, Bridestones, North Yrok MoorsCoastal Cave at Thornwick Bay, North Yorkshire Coast.On the Norwegian coast.The classic view of Staithes - cottages clinging to the hill side and boats on the Beck - North Yorkshire Coast.Looking over the lichen-covered rocks towards Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland.Solitary Pine - North York MoorsBrodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire.Golden willow - York University campus.Early morning mist - Yorkshire Wolds.All Saints Church, Ripley, North Yorkshire.In the wake, following - Strait of Raftsundet, NorwayNorway: Torghattan, the hat-shaped mountain, is 260 m high and has a hole, 35 m high, 15-20 m wide and 169 m deep, in the middle. Legend says that Hestmannen, son of the Troll King Vågakellen, had ridden on horseback across the Vestfjord to abduct Lekamøya whom he had seen bathing naked with the seven sisters. As she fled, Hestmannen placed an arrow in his bow to shoot her down. To prevent this, the king of Sømna threw his hat between them and the hat fell at Torgar, just as the sun rose turning everything to stone. Since that time, the hat has been towering over the sea as Torghattan.KristiansundStepping stones over the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Dales.Wydale Hall - North York Moors.Posforth Gill Force - Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales.Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland.Holy Island, Northumberland.Coastal path near Flamborough, North Yorkshire Coast.

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