Photos of the Yorkshire Dales Paul Jackson Ribblesdale
I was walking in the rain over the bridge leading from Little Stainforth in Ribblesdale this morning when I heard the distant chugging and whistling of a steam engine. Standing on the bridge and getting totally enveloped by steam as the train passed underneath I was taken back to my childhood. Everything was black and white then of course so I’ve altered my photo to suit the era.
Another place on the western fringes of proper Yorkshire which deserves ‘framing’ (see previous blog) is Mallerstang. The B6259 which runs through this lovely dale starts off in Yorkshire, following the Settle-Carlisle railway, and enters Westmorland around Aisgill. To the east rises Great Shunner Fell while to the west (pictured) is Wild Boar Fell. The river Eden flows down this valley and it certainly is a paradise.