Since we Yorkshire folk are from the Pennines rather than the Pyrenees, we’re inclined to make more of a fuss about steeply climbing roads. The main road from Thirsk to Helmsley is the notorious A70 via Sutton Bank, and no sooner have you left Thirsk than the warnings start:
- 25% gradient ahead.
- This way for the alternative route for caravans.
- Last year, 74 HGVs marooned themselves on the slopes… and so on, and so on.
Certainly, it is a dizzying climb, with the patchwork fields of the Vale of York laid out far below. Then suddenly, you’re at the top. You’d have to be in a real hurry not to park and get out for a while to enjoy the view, as we did twice today, once on the way out, and once on the way back. It’s winter now – not long to the shortest day – so these sunset scenes were taken at just after 3.00 p.m., a mere three hours after we’d climbed upwards, only shortly before midday.
Eeh bah gum, it were grand.
A truly spectacular contrast in these photos eeh bah gum… It always surprises me that the days in Britain are so short this time of year.
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It always comes as a surprise – and an unwelcome one – to me, every single year!
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This is a spot that I bet looks fabulous in any light! Those twilight photos are gorgeous–almost helps make up for the fact that twilight is coming at such an awful hour!
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Quite. I wonder if it’s as bad where you live?
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Sunset, right now, is at about 4:15 so, no, not quite as bad. But bad enough–and even the daylight hours are tending to be pretty gray . . .
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😦
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Beautiful views indeed….nice shots:)
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Thanks!
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I’d love to be at the top during bad weather – I bet the rain sweeps across and is very dramatic. So if you could arrange to be there next time a storm is predicted with your camera Margaret…
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Ho ho! Not a chance But yes, it would be dramatic.
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