5 Mile Walk - Grassington | Grass Wood | River Wharfe | Ghaistrill's Strid

 

Distance: 5 miles

Walking: Andrew & Gaynor

Weather: Sunny

OS Map: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western Areas

Parking: The Yorkshire Dales National Park car park in Grassington (£4.80 all day)

Photography: Andrew using Nikon D750 / Nikon 24 - 70mm f2.8 

A moderate walk with a wide range of different landscapes in a small area. 

This family appears to have taken up residence in the car park in Grassington

Main Street, Grassington

The Devonshire, Grassington. Channel 5 had been filming All Creatures Great And Small here earlier in the week, hence the Drovers Arms sign.

Ashfield, Grassington

Garrs End Lane, Grassington

Beyond the end of Chapel Street, the road turns into this walled track

This was apparently the site of a medieval village

Plenty of dandelions around here

Cove Scar

West Barn

Looking back to Grassington

A common feature in this part of the Dales is the limestone pavement. This was formed during the last ice age by the movement of a glacier flattening the surface of the rock, then the cracks were formed over thousands of years by water corrosion, giving the appearance of a pavement.

I half expected to see goats in these trees or a pride of lions sheltering under them

I presume the hill in the distance is Great Whernside

The lone tree is another signature feature of the Dales

There are quite a few very dead looking trees around here, presumably ash trees that have succumbed to ash die-back.

Entering Grass Wood

This robin showed us the way for a short distance, then got bored and flew off

Primrose - No shortage of these in the wood

A fair amount of the wood appeared to be closely planted coppiced hazel, although there were a lot of silver birches too

Looking up Wharfedale, you can see Kilnsey Crag on the left with Kettlewell in the distance

Chapel House Farm

The River Wharfe

Common Dog Violets

Approaching Ghaistrill's Strid

Ghaistrill's Strid