Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some very nice shots, Douglas. Wonderful part of GB that I didn't know and certainly seems worth a visit (as worthy alternative for the almost clich? become Scotland). The photos made in soft light (no harsh shadows) please me most. Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 20:35:19 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Yorkshire Dales - new scans > > Hello all, > I'm half way through scanning up a whole load of slides taken many years > ago (Leica M3, SL2Mot, Rollei SL2000F, Voigtl?nder VSL-3E, can't > remember which was which any more)and I'd like to share a few more of > them with you all. > > Not quite as gentle and rolling as Grahams (GEEBEE) wonderful > countryside shots of Northamptonshire, Swaledale is still wild. > Although the area was occupied by the Brigantes, Romans and, later, the > Viking settlers it has never really been tamed and , apart from the > valley floor makes for a rough life for the local farmers. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Yorkshire > > A few explanations, the Yorkshire Dales start in the North with > Swaledale (some say Teesdale but I'll stick to the Swale) followed by > Wensleydale (aka Uredale or Yoredale), Nidderdale, Wharfedale, Airedale > and Calderdale. > At school this was always SUNWAC, Swale-Ure-Nidd-Wharfe-Aire-Calder. > > Swaledale is my favourite for many reasons, it's the wildest and rawest > ,the least overrun, and has the best stretches for walking or hiking. It > has great disadvantages too - very little public transport and the pubs > are too far apart at the top end of the dale. > As an amateur industrial archaeologist it's also my favourite for the > lead mining ruins - even though mining closed down over 100 years ago > the devastation in some parts cannot be overseen (Old Gang and > Gunnerside Gill). > > Swaledale has the epitome of a Norman castle keep at Richmond, and is > also famous for Miss I'anson "The lass of Richmond Hill" > A legend says that King Arthur and his Knights sleep beneath the castle, > and can be woken by a drum, to be found at the entrance to their cave, > when England is in peril. > > The pictures of Crackpot Hall are along part of the long distance walks > "Coast to Coast" and the "Pennine Way". It has nothing to do with people > having to be crazy to live ther, it was named after a pothole or cave > close by which was opened up and used as one of the shafts into the > Beldi Hill mines. The ruin of the farmhouse was caused primarily by > subsidence but vandalism played a part too. > > Old Gang is one of the best preserved smelt mill ruins, Surrender mill > with complex flue systems is just a little further down the valley. > Until quite recently the spoil heaps were picked over quite profitably > for barytes(heavy spar - used for baryte meal) and fluorspar for > metallurgy and glass-making. > Today the dale relies for its living on cottage industries (woolens, > cheeseand preserves making, lots of sheep and some cattle and an > increasing emphasis on tourism (walking, riding and trout fishing - fly > fishing only!!) > > Hope you like them > cheers > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >