Costume Study - Grantley Hall near Ripon.Great Force, near West Scrafton, Coverdale, North Yorkhire.Spiral staircase to organ loft - St Mary's, Studley RoyalGroyne detail - SpurnDriffield Steam RallyThe Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales.  The large tree in the foreground seems to be guarding the smaller one and sheltering Ingleborough.  Viewed over the limestone pavement.Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path - St Michael and All Angels, HubberholmePulpit - All Saints, Pavement, York.

A tall, imposing, ornate structure, by Nicholas Hall, dating from 1634, with a tester or sounding board above it, designed to amplify the voice. 

John Wesley, co-founder of Methodism, preached from here several times.The nave - York MinsterYorkshire Wolds - St Mary's, Kirkburn. Detail from the reredos which  was designed by GE Street and made by James Redfern.  This section depicts the Birth of Christ.Belsay Hall is an austerely Classical Greek Revival villa, now displayed without furnishings to reveal the fine craftsmanship of its construction. Begun in 1807, it was designed by Sir Charles Monck (formerly Middleton), a man inspired by Ancient Greece and the buildings he had seen on his honeymoon in Athens. Yet despite its austere faƧade, it had a comfortable interior, arranged round its amazing central two-storey 'Pillar Hall.'Deserted - Belsay Hall, NorthumberlandYork Museum GardensGroyne at SpurnBeach Textures - SpurnBridge detail - Harwood House grounds.Pulpit rail - Holy Trinity Church, Low Row, Swaledale.A locomotive at the National Railway Museum in York.Missing link - National Railway Museum, York.Celtic symbol - Holy Island, NorthumberlandOn the Norwegian coast.Pavement detail - Spurriergate, York

© Roger Walton 2012