As you approach Kettlewell village from the Grassington direction, the road crosses a wide bridge across the River Wharfe. Although up here in the dale it's quite a 'young' river, it nevertheless meanders broad and slow through the flat-bottomed valley, a textbook U-shaped valley gouged out by glaciers over 10,000 years ago.
I've taken lots of photos in Kettlewell over the years and for some reason didn't feel that inspired on this latest visit. I did enjoy this vibrant red cotoneaster set against the blue paintwork and stone. It's been an amazing year for autumn fruit of all kinds.
Kettlewell has a pretty church, St Mary's, which was open to visitors. It's not that old (1885) but stands on the site of an earlier church.
A brief burst of sunshine outside cast attractive shards of colour onto the stonework from the stained glass windows. I love that effect.
Many of the windows in the church are memorials, as above. That below is one of a pair that were relocated from the village's Methodist church when it closed in 1986. It shows 'The Good Shepherd', an appropriate image in this farming valley full of sheep.
Elsewhere in the village, I was drawn to document the 'vintage' garage. I don't think Burmah petrol actually exists any more, taken over by BP around 2000. It looks like you can still buy petrol and diesel of some kind here, which I'm sure is welcomed by residents although there's a rather more modern fuel outlet in nearby Threshfield.
Lovely river valley, as well as the shot of berries. I'm always thrilled to see stained glass with sun shining through it. That last pump is so strange looking to me (first one I've ever seen in that shape).
ReplyDeleteLove the stained glass windows!
ReplyDeleteThe stained glass with the sunshine is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are so beautiful that they make me homesick. I used to go to England at least once per year, to Eastbourne. My friend sadly passed away, then came the Covid, then my husband died. I hope that next year I will be able to return ! Unfortunately after 80 you loose a lot of friends, or they are too sick or they are dead.
ReplyDeleteI love that effect of stained glass, too, and have tried to capture it in one of my recent photos of the cathedral in Cologne.
ReplyDeleteKettlewell looks a quiet place by the river.