Latest Images by Geoff Davies http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2013-05-22T16:35:42GMT text/html 2008-01-24T17:48:24GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.351436 -2.068783 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/666499 The origins of this hole are unclear. It is a hole to the side of Hog Gill in a region where lead was mined in vertical shafts. It has no spoil around it so it probably isn't a mining feature, however. On the other hand, it isn't an obvious sink hole though it may be a shake hole I suppose. text/html 2007-06-26T17:34:08GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.250687 -1.966968 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/477863 A ruined sheepfold, shown on the 1:25000 OS map, is visible on the far side of the wall in the centre of the picture text/html 2007-06-26T17:19:46GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.257500 -1.966978 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/477846 In the far distance lies Bolton Castle, just visible as a light dot right of centre on the north slope of Wensleydale. text/html 2007-05-06T15:10:11GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.324004 -2.075610 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/424536 A fine display of gorse which actually has culinary uses. Gorse bloom can be used to colour the 'white' of hard-boiled eggs yellow and its ash can be used to scent brown bread. text/html 2007-05-06T14:51:46GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.335067 -2.058714 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/424509 This ruined shooting house is actually on a well-used and well-maintained grouse moor. Today's guests prefer more extensive accommodation. text/html 2007-05-06T14:40:39GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.335070 -2.052101 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/424492 This is one of many streams draining Woodhall Greets into Swaledale, seen after an unusually dry April. The moor was still wet enough for me to get wet up to mid-calf when I stepped on to a boggy patch! text/html 2007-05-06T13:46:33GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.331120 -2.042254 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/424424 This is one of several well-kept grouse butts on an active grouse moor. This managed moorland is burned in strips giving an interesting patterning on aerial photographs as seen in the link below http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=54.347352~-2.042599&style=a&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1 Burning gets rid of woody stems and allows young shoots to grow which is more palatable to grouse, sheep and other wildlife. text/html 2007-05-05T17:37:17GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.335612 -2.045642 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/423518 The apparently insignificant stone in the foreground is, in fact, one of a number of boundary stones in this region marking a parish boundary which extends right up to the top of the moors. text/html 2007-05-03T17:10:22GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.355564 -2.043664 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421852 This is the view across Swaledale which opened up as I walked back from Whitaside Tarn down Sod Dike Nick. The view over Crackpot side in the middle distance nicely shows the contrast between farmed pasture land and the open moorland. text/html 2007-05-03T16:56:22GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.355745 -2.041356 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421836 Although the limestone is generally permeable to water, small areas of standing water do form on the plateau areas of the moor. This mini-tarn is only about 10 metres across. text/html 2007-05-03T16:44:38GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.351613 -2.035813 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421828 These tarns in peaty upland areas are generally acidic and relatively species poor but the boggy areas around the tarn are important for curlew, lapwing and snipe. The photograph was taken after an unusually long dry spell of several weeks but the level of the tarn compared with the surrounding land shows that the water table on the moorland is still not that far below the surface. text/html 2007-05-03T16:02:38GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.349455 -2.039504 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421801 This is a hard-won geograph. It is the top of the moor between Wensleydale and Swaledale. There are no roads or paths in this featureless grid square but it has been designated "open access" land so you are free to walk where you wish. It is extremely tiring walking through springy heather cross cut by many little water channels and boggy patches since you continually have to watch where you are putting your feet. The hill in the distance is Blea Barf. text/html 2007-05-03T15:49:32GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.356013 -2.045819 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421792 The fells between Swaledale and Wensleydale are limestone country, riddled with streams which flow over and under the ground. Here we see a "shakehole" which is where the land above a submerged stream has collapsed, leaving a hollow in the ground. text/html 2007-05-03T14:55:13GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.355115 -2.044587 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/421765 The limestone fells above Swaledale have many streams, some of which appear to flow directly out of the fell side when they are known as springs. In other cases, as seen here, the stream goes back underground in a "swallow hole". The view is taken across Summer Lodge Pasture to Blea Barf. text/html 2006-10-12T17:07:02GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7960 Geoff Davies 54.311839 -2.115243 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/258561 SD9290 has few distinctive geographical features containing mainly farmland in the valley bottom. Though the river is the river Ure (formerly Yore) the dale is Wensleydale - one of the few dales not named after its river.