Photos 2023: Yorkshire

Our main summer holiday was spent staying in Pateley Bridge, on the eastern side of the Yorkshire Dales, in the last week in June and the first week in July.

Pateley Bridge

View uphill along a road with a church tower at the top, and a building with a spire on the left

Looking up in Pateley Bridge: the spire on the left is part of a primary school

An old booklet: "How to Speak & Write Correctly", price 1 shilling, in a glass case

Timeless instruction to be found in the excellent Nidderdale Museum

View along a traditional high street with stone buildings: the nearest shop is called "Yorkshire Born and Bread"

A quiet moment in the High Street: during the daytime the village is a magnet for day trippers

View along a street with stone buildings, and flower beds in the foreground

Another view of the High Street

View of the village over a stone wall in evening sunshine, with wooded hills in the background

Looking down over the village in evening sunshine

Malham Cove

A triangular walk from Malham village led us to this remarkable geological formation

Miriam and Martin walking away from the camera across open moorland

A long walk across open moorland

View over a stone wall towards rocky hills

Stone walls and rocky scenery

Looking down over a limestone pavement rock formation surrounded by moorland

Looking down on the limestone pavement: the valley towards Malham is to the left

Martin standing on flat rocks with grassland in the background

Exploring the limestone pavement

Looking down over a grass valley with a path stretching into the distance

View over the valley towards Malham

View across a cliff face with grass and trees stretching out below

Cliff face below the limestone pavement

View up stone steps on a grassy bank with a cliff face at the top

Walking down into the valley

A high cliff face behind a stream flowing between a path and grassland

The river emerges from under the cliff face

An old cottage-style building behind a road junction, with signs to Malham Cove, Settle and other places

The centre of Malham village

Phil, Miriam and Martin facing the camera with the lowest part of a small waterfall in the background

En route: a stop at Janet's Foss

Wharfedale

A row of cafés and shops built of stones with a wide grass verge and a road in front

The centre of Burnsall village

Gulls flying and standing on stones in a river

Wildlife on and above the river at Burnsall

A river with blue water winding between trees (left) and fields (right)

A walk along the River Wharfe

Settle

View looking down over grey roofs and mainly white buildings in the middle of Settle

View of Settle from a high rocky outcrop above the town

A model of Mrs Goggins (from the Postman Pat series) made out of flower pots, holding a list labelled "naughty" and "nice"

It's not just Santa who's making a list: the Settle Flowerpot Festival

A model of a soldier wearing a red coat standing in front of a directtion sign and a café

More from the Settle Flowerpot Festival

 

Harrogate

We spent an afternoon exploring Valley Gardens

A café in a hexagonal building with a curved roof, in front of multicoloured trees with grass in the foregroun

An elegant café

Phil and Miriam standing by the trunk of a tall, exotic tree

Under an exotic tree: a corner of the park is devoted to New Zealand flora and culture

Close-up of a yellow flower with the ground, covered by wood chip, in the background

One of many beautiful blooms

Sculpture consisting of a tall metal cylinder with stencilled letters hollowed out. Martin stands next to it, looking at his camera

Martin examines his photos of the artwork

Knaresborough

A railway viaduct high up over a river (view from slightly above) and other town buildings behind and below

Classic view of the railway viaduct from the castle hill

Grass and flowerbeds in front of trees with the ruin of a castle behind

The part-ruin of the castle and Coronation-themed flowerbed

A arch bridge over a river in the distance, with rowing boats on the river and a weeping willow tree on the right bank

Tranquility along the River Nidd

Rowers on a wide river near an arched bridge

A closer look at the rowers

Brimham Rocks

Martin, back to camera, looking at a landscape of irregular rock formations

Martin surveys this extraordinary geological site

Phil standing in front of some large irregular rocks

Roaming among the rocks

Elsewhere...

Miriam and Phil wearing hard hats standing on a footbridge in the middle of a narrow gorge

How Stean Gorge: the beck has cut a deep gash in the rock

Miriam standing next to a medieval tower on the city wall

On York city wall

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