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SWALEDALE, YOKSHIRE DALES

Swaledale is the most northerly of the Yorkshire Dales and a magical, atmospheric and photogenic place. Upper Swaledale in particular is known for its meadowlands, fells, field barns, high passes and waterfalls. With the collection of images below, taken in all seasons and all conditions, I hope to capture the nature and features of Upper Swaledale in all its glory and the emotions the dale evokes and leaves with people who visit.  


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Pack horse bridge over the river swale in autumn
Wildflower meadows and barns near Muker, Swaledale
A field barn and the Thwaite meadows I winter
A gap style and path through the Muker wildflower meadows
Pack horse bridge over the river swale in summer
A cottage high on a fell at sunrise
A round hay bale in front of a field barn at Muker in Swaledale
Pack horse bridge over the river swale in winter
Double drop waterfall in full spate in autumn
A swaledale sheep beneath a Hawthorne tree in snowy conditions.
meadowlands near the village of Muker from a high elevation
A barn and track in snowy conditions in Swaledale
four barns surrounded by wildflower hay meadows
Cut hay meadows at Keld in Swaledale
A rainbow over Occupation Lane and Kisdon Hill
Cottages lit by the sun behind autumnal trees near Keld
Eye level view of the Muker wildflower meadows
A view of the Muker Meadows in the snow
Misty dawn over the wildflower meadows at Muker
A field barn surrounded by wildflower meadows
An autumnal tree set above the river swale near Keld
Crackpot hall at dusk
A waterfall descending into one of the Buttertubs pot holes
the Muker Meadows in winter with the red glow of dawn
A series of 25 doors from field barns in Swaledale
Three field barns set within wildflower meadows
Wildflower meadows and dry stone walls at Muker, Swaledale
A white limestone scar with autumn woods below
Snow drifts agains a dry stone wall at dusk
A study of rowan leaves against a backdrop of rock
A tree line on the horizon at dusk
A track that leads down into Muker Village
Wildflower meadows with the village of Muker behind
winter landscape looking towards the village of Thwaite in Swaledale
Muker wildflower meadows in Swaledale
A view towards Swinner Gill from the Pennine Way, Swaledale
Buttercup meadows in motion
The view into Skeb Skeugh valley on a snowy day from Hooker Mill Scar
Muker wildflower meadows in Swaledale
A group of swaledale sheep surrounding a hay feeder
A rowan tree full of red berries with the Muker wildflower meadows behind
A rowan tree full of berries agains the backdrop of a limestone scar
An old railway goods van used to store sheep fodder
A pinnacle or rock separated from a limestone scar on the old mining hush on beldi hill.
the Pennine Way close to Thwaite with tree and field barn.
A path, gap style and field barn on the way from Muker to Usha Gap
Limestone scar and road in Oxnop
A pattern of meadows, dry stone walls and field barns at Gunnerside
Frozen track and field barn with a red dawn sky.
Field barn, three gates and track between Thorns and Keld Green
The village of Muker in snowy conditions taken from Occupation Road
The village of Muker with the wildflower meadows behind
The village of Muker in snowy conditions
Swaledale lit by the suns rays
The village of Muker on the rain.
A wildflower meadow
ruins of a disused lead smelting mill
the spoil from a lead mining level strewn down the side of a fell
A dry stone wall with a snow drift
three Hawthorne trees in the snow that mirror the shape of each other
A gap style in wintery conditions
A field barn in wintery conditions
A close up of a waterfall in wintery conditions.
a double drop waterfall in wintering conditions
a waterfall surrounded by large icicles formed by the waterfalls spray in wintery conditions
The wildflower meadows and field barns in the early morning light.
A red phone box and road leading to the village of Keld
A track and fence curving up towards the village of Keld
A pinnacle of rock that has separated from the main limestone scar
The wildflower meadows with a field barn near the village of Muker
Outcrop of rock in snowy coniditions
pattern of dry stone walls and field barns in wintery conditions
A study of heather above the green meadows near Thwaite
Cut hay meadows surround a farmhouse
Cut hay meadows surround a farmhouse
Abandoned farmhouse surrounded by blue bells
pattern of dry stone walls and field barns in wintery conditions
A small flock of sheep in wintery conditions
a study of wildflowers set beneath the fells
A waterfall in autumn
A waterfall in autumn
Field Barns under heavy skies with smoke rising from a heather fire in the background
An abandoned farmhouse in wintery conditions
An abandoned farmhouse on a large expanse of moorland
An abandoned farmhouse in wintering condition with far reaching views
Field barn with snow drift in the foreground set on a fell
A limestone scar with a possible Iron Age dwelling in the foreground
A road snaking through fells in wintering conditions
The buttertubs road in wintering conditions
A limestone scar with far reaching views behind
large boulders that have fallen from the limestone scar above
a flock of swaledale sheep feeding on a limestone scar
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