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YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK Monday, September 8, 2008
The YORKSHIRE DALES is a special place. Established in 1954, the Park has breathtaking, dramatic scenery, abundant wildlife and rich cultural heritage.
Covering an area of 1,762 square kilometres (680 miles), the National Park is located in the North of England and straddles the central Pennines in the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
June (Poons) offered to take us to the Yorkshire Dales on the Monday following the VT Meet. We were joined by Sue (Suet), Angie (Angiebabe) and Sue (Suvanki).
We started our day in the lovely town of Haworth and then drove on little country roads through breathtaking countryside until we came to Bolton Abbey.
Our last stop was to visit Brimham Rocks. We capped off our wonderful day together with a Chinese dinner in Knaresborough.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank June, Suet, Angie and Sue for a smashin' day. You guys rock! |
|  | BRIMHAM ROCKS Situated on a hill overlooking Summerbridge and Lower Nidderdale, BRIMHAM ROCKS are a series of shaped millstone grit outcrops, sculpted by erosion during the last Ice Age.
The curious rock formations are scattered over some 50 acres on Brimham Moor and provide a great variety of weird and wonderful shapes. Many of the rock formations suggest all manner of things, including elephants, hippos, bears (Dancing Bear), Mushrooms and some are said to have an association with the Druids. Most of the rocks owe their bizarre shapes to erosion during and after the Devensian Glaciation Period. |
BOLTON ABBEY Set in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, on the banks of the River Wharfe, the historic estate of BOLTON ABBEY is the Yorkshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Visitors are drawn to its breathtaking landscape - just under 30,000 acres of countryside. You can explore the ruins of the Priory, wander along the woodland, walk along 80 miles of footpaths and heather moorland. | | |
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MalenaN Mon Dec 8, 2008 18:20 UTC
The landscape looks so beautiful in the Dales! I hope to go there one day. And the tea and scones at the Tea Cottage sounds yummy! | toonsarah Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:19 UTC
What a lovely day out you had, in one of my favourite parts of the country :-)) | scottishvisitor Sun Nov 9, 2008 20:33 UTC
Maybe I should take the dogs south of the border = your page further invites me to visit this lovely corner but I would tread quietly in the graveyard!! | JLBG Mon Oct 27, 2008 19:07 UTC
Great pictures and a lot of information! And even a ghost to end with ! |
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