Chris Barker wrote:
>
>headed over Grimwith Reservoir, south of Malham Tarn and turned NNW by
Settle to
>attack a simulated targete (road over railway bridge) west of Langsrothdale
>Chase in the Yorkshire Dales.
Aha! So next time I'm hiking in the Yorkshire Dales with my OM-4 for
company and enjoying the quiet solitude, and a fighter jet comes screaming
out of nowhere just inches above my head, I'll know where to send the
laundry bill ;-)
>realised that the target was right next to the Ribblehead Viaduct, part of
the
>Settle to Carlisle railway. Northern England was laid out at our feet
and, in
>the diffuse light of the late afternoon, it looked quite beautiful.
What would have made it perfect would be a steam-hauled special crossing
the viaduct :-) They run them from time to time on that line, often billed
as England's most spectacular railway journey.
>And I thought that you might like to share the
>experience.
Thanks! A reminder (if I needed one) that I must move back to Yorkshire.
And if you do take a camera next time, let us see the results :-)
Cheers
Richard
Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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