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14. Aysgarth Falls tea stop, then a walk from Masongill near Ingleton in the limestone country of Kingsdale
Aysgarth Falls, a tranquil spot for a good cup of tea and scone etc. or any passing walker or holiday-tourist in the car. Then on to the village of Masongill to do a circular walk incorporating the Cheese Press Stone and Marble Steps Pot. The pictures below illustrate Walk 5 "Marble Steps Pot" in Jack Keighley's "Walks in Dales Country - Thirty Scenic Walks"
After walking through many fields from Masongill and Masongill Hall, passing the (ugly) radio station above Mayfield you eventually swing round anti-clockwise and make a detour to see the Cheese Press Stone above Ingleton and with brooding Ingleborough in the background (above). These stones are 'fragments' of the magnificent limestone scenery of the Yorkshire Dales.
These large rocks ('cheese stones') were either deposited by glacial movement and melting-retreat or left after thousands of years of erosion?
The contrasting deep dark hole in the ground of Marble Steps Pot and a 'light hole' in the sky when descending down Masongill Fell Lane on the return into Masongill.
* The Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire and East Cumbria and the North Pennines form a wonderful part of Northern England to visit for walking or car touring holidays. The scenery is magnificent and the countryside, villages and towns rarely seem overcrowded and the people always friendly. There is lots to see and do and plenty of accommodation available from hostels, hotels, bed and breakfast, holiday cottages etc. whether for weeks or a weekend mini-break when holidaying near Ingleton, North Yorkshire. * page updated Oct 27th 2007 * EMAIL Phil Brown * Images-photographs-pictures-photos-webshots of walking near Aysgarth Falls-Mason Gill-Ingleton-Cheese Stones-Marble Steps Pot-Kingsdale © Dr W P Brown * |
