Fabulous snowfall on the North Yorkshire Moors

Went over to Whitby on business on Monday 21st December. A few shots of what the North Yorkshire Moors looked like.

Snowy Wharfedale

We had the first snowfall of the winter on December 17th & 18th. These pictures were taken on Saturday morning, 19th December at around 10 am showing views across Wharfedale.

Victorian Fayre

On the second Friday of December each year, Otley holds its Victorian Fayre when thousands of people visit the town. Below are pictures from this year's event including a herd of reindeer that came to visit.

Let there be light

The theme for Advent for 2009 at Otley Methodist Church is "Light". This is depicted in the eight church windows and the prayer corner with passages from Geneis through to the Revalation of St. John. As well as the pictures of the windows and the prayer corner, the final two pictures show the front foyer of the Church.

An Evening with Stuart Maconie

On Saturday 28th November my good friend and Radio Broadcaster Stuart Maconie came and gave a lecture at our Methodist Church in Otley. I had arranged this for our Community Redevelopment Appeal and we had approximately 300 people present and raised over £2300 for the appeal.

Many thanks to Stuart and Eleanor for taking time out of his busy schedule to come along and do this for us.

Exploring Barden

Whilst on holiday last week we had a day out in Wharfedale. After lunch overlooking Barden Bridge we went to loook round Barden Tower, which dates back to the Middle Ages.


Barden Bridge

The Bunkhouse used by walkers on The Dales Way.

Barden Tower.

Autumn colours of the virignia creeper.

View down Wharfedale.

The entrance to the site.

Place Fell

On Saturday 10th October we had our autumn walk with the Wainwright Society. This was from Patterdale to the summit of Place Fell (2154 feet high), from where we descended to Low Moss and down by the side of Scalehow Beck to the shores of Ullswater. We then followed the lakeside path for the three miles back to Patterdale. This lakeside walk Wainwright described in Book 2, The Far Eastern Fells, as 'the most beautiful and rewarding walk in Lakeland'.

I have appended sub titles to the pictures below where appropriate.

Mist in the valleys during the drive over Kirkstone Pass.

View from the top of Kirkstone down to Brothers Water and the Patterdale Valley. Place Fell can be seen dominating the view.

Looking back to Brothers Water and Red Screes on the climb up the fell from Patterdale.

Patterdale with Striding Edge leading up to Helvellyn on the right.

Views from the first rest stop!

2nd rest stop at Boredale Hause.

Views from Boredale Hause.

Deer were descending from "The Nab".

First view of Place Fell summit.

The final appraoch.

The party reaching the summit cairn.

Views from the summit.

Myself on the summit.

Start of the descent.

Looking back to the summit.

Near perfect views after the dark clouds we experienced earlier had lifted.

The descent to Low Moss.

Caroline, our walk leader, and David taking in the superb views.

The rest stop at Low Moss.

The descent by Scalehow Beck.

Scalehow Beck.

View of Glenrydding Dodd and Sheffield Pike.

The walk back along the lake shore.

It had been a glorious autumn day, good walking and excellent company!