Tuesday 28 December 2010

A Few Winter Photos...

Here are a couple of photos from my recent trip to Yorkshire. These were taken on Monday (27th) after a lovely dinner at Nont Sarah's (just on the right edge of the first photo) then we drove a short way to one of the parking areas on the Marsden Moor Heritage Trail-Buckstones. I took a quick snap of the ridge line despite my hair being blown all over my face and my fingers turning icy without my gloves on...

From Nont's there are spectacular views over to Scammonden Water and Halifax in the far distance, which can actually be seen from the restaurant's dining area. It's 1155 feet above sea level so you'll realise how cold it was up there with all the snow around. In fact while we were eating our lunch there was a light snow flurry.

Considering how far away from the sea the building is, it does actually have some nautical connections. The maple wood panelling that surrounds the front of the bar area came from a stateroom on the trans-Atlantic liner, Mauritania after it was scrapped.

This place has provided lots of memories for me as I first went there with my (then) boyfriend (now my husband).

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                                                                           Looking toward the Moors...

No matter the time, distant past or present, you wouldn't want to travel across these moors in bad weather.

I was grateful I could go back to a warm hotel room eventually.

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Snow Everywhere...

5 comments:

Helen Baggott said...

Looks lovely, but very bleak.

Patsy said...

Brrrrr!

Carolb said...

Yes it is very bleak in bad weather Helen, but in the summer the views are fantastic with so many shades and the various land levels creating light and shadows.
Just above the grass showing through the snow is a body of water that was thickly frozen over.
Like any area of moorland nature needs respecting or it bites.

Carolb said...

When I was taking that second photo Patsy, it was Brrrr in capital letters...

Teresa Ashby said...

Lovely, but best viewed from indoors!