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A sheep standing in a field looking towards the camera, there’s a white farmhouse, drystone wall and hills in the background
December 8, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Out and about in the dales
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A close up shot of a Royal Enfield motorcycle with Penyghent in the background
June 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Buttertubs pass with the little Enfield
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Royal Enfield parked on the Buttertubs pass, overlooking the barns and rolling green hills of Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales
October 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Y - Ye Old Naked Man
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The front of the Old Naked Man cafe in Settle
June 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Y - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust sign explaining the churchyard is a sanctuary for wildlife
June 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Beautiful bow top on my travels today
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A very ornately painted bow top being pulled along by two horses
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Lake reflections
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Semerwater in Raydale. The clouds and rolling hills that surround Semerwater reflecting off the surface of the lake in the afternoon sunshine
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Y- Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Yorkshire dales gate sign asking to keep dogs on leads
June 18, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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Semerwater and the little Enfield
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A Royal Enfield parked on the gravel shoreline of Semerwater. The clouds are reflecting off the lake which is surrounded by rolling hills and trees
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Making the most of the nice weather
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Blue skies with wispy clouds, rolling green hillsides dotted with trees and the little Enfield parked in the sunshine
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Chaos
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Fencing with fungi, gatepost with an expression and a collapsed barn roof
Entrance to a crumbling barn, the gatepost appears to be smiling and the fencing is covered in fungi
December 9, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Moody skies and wide open spaces
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A vast expanse of moorland with large hills in the background, the sky is very cloudy and there’s a Royal Enfield parked at the side of a winding road
June 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Locals
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Very chilled Highland cows grazing at the side of the road and a Royal Enfield motorcycle parked in the foreground
August 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Ribblehead
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Ribblehead viaduct built between 1870 - 1874 with Whernside (one of the Yorkshire three peaks) in the background. Just a slight covering of snow on the peaks and clear blue skies above
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Out int Dales
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Local farmer giving supplements to his flock of sheep
April 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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Cold mornings at Malham Cove
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Sheep grazing in green fields surrounded by drystone walls, trees getting ready for a colourful display then discard their leaves for winter and the limestone backdrop of Malham cove.
September 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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A throw back to June
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Wild flowers in the meadows of Muker in the Yorkshire Dales. Mainly white in colour but also a sprinkling of yellow and purple amongst, there is also a drystone wall and stone barn in the background
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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Too hot for cows
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Highland cow having a lay down at the side of the road with grassland beyond. Really hot day so I’m guessing it’s feeling quite uncomfortable
July 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Moody skies over Ingleborough
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Clouds over Ingleborough, which is the second highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales and part of the three peaks challenge. The foreground contains trees and grasslands.
August 23, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Single track pass through rolling hills. Gotta love the Yorkshire Dales
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A winding single track road weaving its way through rolling green hillsides with a halcyon grey Royal Enfield motorcycle parked in the bottom right of the picture.
August 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Allotment
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A misty morning at the local allotment. Faded bunting flapping in the breeze surrounding a vegetable patch, a drystone wall separating the allotment from views of tree covered rolling hills as a backdrop
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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The tiny village of Halton Gill in the distance, the little Enfield is at home in this environment as much as I am
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Blue skies with clouds reflecting on the hills that surround the tiny village of Halton Gill. The only sound is coming from the sheep that are grazing at the side of the single track road that leads to the village
September 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/wa...
I found a secret valley in the Dales — the after‑work walk that changed my evenings
THIS is one of my favourite walks, and one now the days are getting longer that I can just about do after work, before it gets dark.
www.cravenherald.co.uk
April 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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You can only say the same thing so many times, without taking action, before words seem hollow. #henharriers http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/13599954.Leading_countryside_organisations_say_hen_harriers_need_plan_for_recovery/
Leading countryside organisations say hen harriers need p...
SIX countryside groups have joined forces to call on Defr...
www.cravenherald.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Shockingly researched article - or a good PR job - depending on your perspective - don't mention persecution anyone!
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/14254002.New_action_plan_to_conserve_the_hen_harrier_in_the_Yorkshire_Dales/?ref=twtrec
New action plan to conserve the hen harrier in the Yorksh...
THERE are few finer wildlife sights than a bird of prey w...
www.cravenherald.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 3:10 AM