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Subject: [Leica] Yorkshire Dales - new scans
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu May 5 12:15:51 2005

Some very nice shots, Douglas. Wonderful part of GB that I didn't know and
certainly seems worth a visit (as worthy alternative for the almost clich?
become Scotland).
The photos made in soft light (no harsh shadows) please me most.

Thanks for showing,
Philippe


> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 20:35:19 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Yorkshire Dales - new scans
> 
> Hello all,
> I'm half way through scanning up a whole load of slides taken many years
> ago (Leica M3, SL2Mot, Rollei SL2000F, Voigtl?nder VSL-3E, can't
> remember which was which any more)and I'd like to share a few more of
> them with you all.
> 
> Not quite as gentle and rolling as Grahams (GEEBEE) wonderful
> countryside shots of Northamptonshire, Swaledale is still wild.
> Although the area was occupied by the Brigantes, Romans and, later, the
> Viking settlers it has never really been tamed and , apart from the
> valley floor makes for a rough life for the local farmers.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Yorkshire
> 
> A few explanations, the Yorkshire Dales start in the North with
> Swaledale (some say Teesdale but I'll stick to the Swale) followed by
> Wensleydale (aka Uredale or Yoredale), Nidderdale, Wharfedale, Airedale
> and Calderdale.
> At school this was always SUNWAC, Swale-Ure-Nidd-Wharfe-Aire-Calder.
> 
> Swaledale is my favourite for many reasons, it's the wildest and rawest
> ,the least overrun, and has the best stretches for walking or hiking. It
> has great disadvantages too - very little public transport and the pubs
> are too far apart at the top end of the dale.
> As an amateur industrial archaeologist it's also my favourite for the
> lead mining ruins - even though mining closed down over 100 years ago
> the devastation in some parts cannot be overseen (Old Gang and
> Gunnerside Gill).
> 
> Swaledale has the epitome of a Norman castle keep at Richmond, and is
> also famous for Miss I'anson "The lass of Richmond Hill"
> A legend says that King Arthur and his Knights sleep beneath the castle,
> and can be woken by a drum, to be found at the entrance to their cave,
> when England is in peril.
> 
> The pictures of Crackpot Hall are along part of the long distance walks
> "Coast to Coast" and the "Pennine Way". It has nothing to do with people
> having to be crazy to live ther, it was named after a pothole or cave
> close by which was opened up and used as one of the shafts into the
> Beldi Hill mines. The ruin of the farmhouse was caused primarily by
> subsidence but vandalism played a part too.
> 
> Old Gang is one of the best preserved smelt mill ruins, Surrender mill
> with complex flue systems is just a little further down the valley.
> Until quite recently the spoil heaps were picked over quite profitably
> for barytes(heavy spar - used for baryte meal) and fluorspar for
> metallurgy and glass-making.
> Today the dale relies for its living on cottage industries (woolens,
> cheeseand preserves making, lots of sheep and some cattle and an
> increasing emphasis on tourism (walking, riding and trout fishing - fly
> fishing only!!)
> 
> Hope you like them
> cheers
> Douglas
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