Mallerstang, Yorkshire Dales, Autumn
One of my favourite things to do is to show my Dad new places to hike and photograph.
So on Sunday my Dad came down to visit and we headed out to Mallerstang—perhaps my favourite Yorkshire Dales valley—for a hike full of vistas, beautiful light, and pretty waterfalls.
I think, judging from his exclamations, he rather enjoyed it.
All shots taken on a Fujifilm X-T2 with a Fujinon XF 18–55mm f/2.8–4.0 lens using a customised Classic Chrome film profile.
Hell Gill Force, finally with a good bit of water flowing.
The beautiful profile of Wild Boar Fell (708 m/2,323 ft) with some clear late-afternoon light streaking across it.
We took a route through Mallerstang that I’d personally never done before, from Hell Gill Force and up onto Slade Edge, which is a small limestone plateau that rises above the middle of the valley.
Slade Edge offers wonderful vistas, both towards Wild Boar Fell on the western side and Mallerstang Edge on the east. Here, my eye spies a meandering drystone wall and I can’t resist the photo.
We got some delightful light shows on this hike. The expansive views of Mallerstang, with Angerholme Wold on the left and Mallerstang Edge on the right. In the distance, the North Pennines.
Across the valley to the gashes and crags of Wild Boar Fell, with High White Scar on the left and The Nab on the right, both towering above Aisgill Farm.
A solitary barn near Hanging Lund, below the slopes of Mallerstang Edge. Sunlight escaping from between the clouds scans across the fellside.
Back near Cotegill Bridge, I took this shot of the Settle-Carlisle railway line with Wild Boar Fell above. I then realised that I were surrounded by parked cars and plenty of people, setting tripods and cameras and step ladders. Why? Probably trainspotters, waiting for a steam train coming down the line.
A nice little waterfall near Cotegill Bridge, with some rather vivid yellow spongey moss everywhere.
Last light of the day, and probably my best shot.