More pics from Yorkshire dales NP

So, here are the rest of the pictures from the Yorkshire dales NP.
What is actually about this specific national park? Its the limestone pavement on the mountains.

I think it looks pretty cool seeing such a vast area of limestone pavement, and at these the cracks between them were anything from 10 to 40cm wide and at some places few meters deep. They have been shaped by rain for millions of years. The water has trickled through the soft stone and formed this amazing landscape. At some places an alone hawthorn trees grows, which makes the place even more interesting and gives the whole area character.
In this post, there were two locations that where the limestone were, Malham cove which is basically a large 80 meter high and 300m wide limestone cliff and half way up to Ingleborough.
The Malham cove was a while back actually a big waterfall that got its water from a melting glacier, but now it's just a small stream coming out under the cliff.
There is also a pic of Ribblehead viaduct, that is on the list of statutory buildings of special architectural or historical interest. The first stone was laid on 12 October 1870 and the last in 1874. Impressive site.
Until next time, hope you are enjoying the spring.

Limestone pavement and Hawtorn tree

                                   
                     

Malham cove

Malham cove

 

Dangerous place for sheep

The view from the top of Malham cove

Ribblehead viaduct



Ingleborough mountain and limestone

 

Yorkshire dales National park

Last weekend, Friday to Sunday, was spent in the Yorkshire dales NP. We have passed the area before, on the way to the Lake District NP, but this time actually stopped and explored the area.
For the first time this year we were to camp and the weather couldn't be worse. Showers, snow, hail and chilly winds, but there is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing :) So in the end it was not too bad.
The list of things to do and see was filled, so we kept busy and warm.
First was the circular trail 'Ingleton Waterfalls', it's 8km of a walk along River Twiss and Doe with their 8 waterfalls through woodland and a bit on the moors. It's a very nice trail, rather easy but unique with its waterfalls as you can get Very close to them.
The trail took us 3-4hrs to walk, with all the photo breaks. And they were many because there were so many nice things to shoot ;)More on the other walks and sightseeing in the next post. Until then Have a great Sunday!