A few miles from here: Brimham Rocks – spectacularly odd rock formations for clambering over. simply to enjoy for the spectacle, or because it’s also a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
For Becky’s Square Odds.
Brimham Rocks: Our Rather Odd Local Boulders
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Decidedly odd how these occur – it has been explained to me but I still puzzle over it!
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If you want to pop over, we can do the geology lesson 😉
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Oo oh, I’ll join in!
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🙂
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😄😄
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ooh yes please, I am sure if you explained it would finally stick in my head. Flying Saturday so maybe I’ll ask the pilot to drop me off your way!
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Oooh yes. You do just that!
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A marvel that they haven’t toppled over!
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They are utterly extraordinary.
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They are indeed
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Don’t you want to give them a bit of a shove? Just gently!
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Noooo!
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🤣🤣💕
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You wouldn’t be the first, Jo.
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🤭💕
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Goodness me, what a sight.
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They’re such a wonder to visit.
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Wonderful – and the square shot works perfectly.
You wouldn’t get me climbing them, but what a marvel to gaze at
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You need to get in touch with your inner six-to-twenty year old!
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So I gather you don’t clamber Margaret 🙂
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I do. But not on rocks that you have to behave like a fly traversing the ceiling on.
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😂😂
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Primeval oddity. I love the atmosphere around formations such as these, there are many on Dartmoor and some on Bodmin Moor. Rocks of Ages!
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Yes, they are special and rather awe-inspiring, aren’t they?
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Ah these are fantastic and most definitely ‘dramatic odd’. I remember loving your top photo when you posted it a few years ago. It is so intensely and wildly dark and has stuck in my memory. You do live in a stunning part of the world and what’s more you seem to make the most of it. Yorkshire Tourist Board/Visit Yorkshire or whatever they are called these days should have you on their books!
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This fantastic place is virtually our back yard, so we can go during down-time when it’s not crowded with holiday makers. We need to get back to venturing further into the wilds of Yorkshire. Petrol, Covid, all kinds of excuses …
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My current excuse is replacement bus service between station ? and station ? sometimes half the train journey.
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Love those rocks and a good photograph. Enjoyed them while travelling in Yorkshire June 2021. ?
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Oh great! Glad you are already travelling again!
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One day a bird will land in just the right place and they will topple over!
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It always feels like that.
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This was my favourite of the places we visited around Ripon last year! Thanks for the memory 😀
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And so photogenic too.
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Absolutely 😃
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It looks like it might topple if that bird leaves 🙂
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That’s the thrill of the place. It looks so unstable, but apparently … isn’t.
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There is something other worldly about rock formations.
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Definitely. You have pretty good rocks too, don’t you?
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Oh, yes. My hill 😅
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Odd, indeed! Looks like they could take a tumble any second. 😳
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Despite appearances, they’re pretty stable. They’re not fenced off,anyway.
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If the bird hops down, it will affect the balance, I fear.
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I hope you’re not right!
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🤞🏽 Fingers crossed!
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I like these rocks but not the NT car parking charges.
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The problem is, the area has to be maintained (litter picking, anyone?), especially as it’s an SSSI. Parking’s free to members …
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I really liked that you captured a bird on these odd stones. Brilliant 😀
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Birds love it here as much as humans do!
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Geology is fascinating, isn’t it? I love places like this, which reminds me how dynamic our planet is!
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Yes, I’m a fan of rock formations of any kind which tell the earth’s story.
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I believe that rocks have a special kind of energy. I have just placed Brigham Rocks on my list of things to do when I finally am able to travel to your side of the world. Thank you for the introduction. You “odd” posts are amazingly odd and fabulous.
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There are a lot of oddities out there, aren’t there? And yes, please come to see Brimham Rocks and nearby Fountains Abbey soon! You’ve booked your guide already …
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Looking forward to meeting you in person!!
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Me too!
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