River Wharfe & The Bolton Abbey Estate

A collection of photos from a few days staying at and exploring around the Bolton Abbey Estate in North Yorkshire.

Bolton Abbey takes its name from the ruins of the 12th-century Augustinian monastery now known as Bolton Priory. The priory, closed in the 1539 Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by King Henry VIII.

The 33,000 acre (134 km²) estate contains six areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including Strid Wood, an ancient woodland (mainly oak), which contains the length of the River Wharfe known as The Strid, and a marine fossil quarry.

Stainforth, North Yorkshire

Tuesday.

A return visit to Stainforth on the first day of a short break in the Yorkshire Dales.

Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Settle. Nearby there is a waterfall, Stainforth Force, where the river falls over limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool which can be accessed by walking a short way from the village.

On my last visit in October 2014 there were multiple Salmon leaping the waterfalls. This visit there only seemed to be one lonely salmon struggling (and failing) to leap the falls.

Around Kinlochewe

Pictures from a couple of strolls around the Kinlochewe area.

The area is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach. The landscape around the village is dominated by the Torridonian sandstone, a Precambrian and very old rock formation. Each of the Torridon Hills sits very much apart from each other, and they are often likened to castles. They have steep terraced sides, and broken summit crests, riven into many pinnacles. There are many steep gullies running down the terraced sides.