taken 9 years ago, near to Urra, North Yorkshire, England
Garfitt Gap
The col between Hasty Bank and Cold Moor above Great Broughton. The Wainstones are the outcrop of rocks on the right. On the far left in the distance Roseberry Topping can be made out across the Tees valley.
One thing I find hard to appreciate is that during the last ice age, 10,000 years ago, the Cleveland Hills deflected the flow of the great ice sheet as it crept south eventually ended near Doncaster. So the Tees Valley to the left would have been under the glacier but the North York Moors to the right was ice free. It’s a matter of conjecture whether the ice flowed some distance over cols such as Garfitt Gap. The ice is believed to have been a maximum 800m thick over the Tees lowlands so as Hasty Bank is a mere 400m above sea level the edge of the glacier would have towered above the present summits. Mind boggling!
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