Recently I’ve seen several conversation on-line about waterfall walks and which is the highest waterfall in England. It’s tempting to to intervene and state outright that Cautley Spout, which is only a mile or two from our caravan park at Cross Hall Farm, is the highest. But actually, I could be either right or wrong. […]
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Many of the Yorkshire Dales are named after their rivers. Wharfedale has its River Wharfe and Swaledale the River Swale. Dentdale, however, takes its name from Dent village, five miles up the River Dee from Sedbergh. In this respect it is similar to nearby Wensleydale which does not take the name of the River Ure […]
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The Howgills, or Howgill Fells, are a range of hills between the Lake District mountains and the moors and valleys of the northern Yorkshire Dales. They are almost entirely surrounded by two rivers, the Lune to the north and west, and the Rawthey (a tributary of the Lune) to the east. In terms of roads […]
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