The Coldstones Cut camera club outing will be combined with a visit to Brimham Rocks, a locally famous outcrop of fantastically shaped rocks, weathered by wind and water for millions of years. The site is an SSSI and is now managed by the National Trust. It gets overrun with visitors in the school holidays and at weekends but on a cold, damp afternoon in February there were only a handful of people there. It is criss-crossed by marked trails and I chose to explore the Woodland Walk, which takes you past a lovely pond, then around the perimeter of the site, giving good views over Nidderdale, and then through the rocky area back to the car park.
Many of the rock formations have been given names over the years and I'll show a few tomorrow.
Love that 1st shot.
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ReplyDeleteLovely place, the grasses and reflections are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteShould be a wonderful place for the photography group. Or for anyone! I am very interested in the geology of those rocks. I guess they're just sedimentary rocks that have just been eroded again and again, and perhaps pushed around a bit by a glacier? Or ....Probably some local geologist knows. Lovely photo of those tufts of grass by the water.
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