Tuesday, 5 May 2020

What a view

With crystal clear sky all around  these last few weeks I have been looking at the views from local high points, From Soil Hill its easy to see The White Horse at Kilburn , North Yorkshire , Pen y Gent , Inglebrough were stood out like sore thumbs and Great Whernside  was crystal clear . Today I could see Drax and Ferrybridge power stations and for the first time   even the top tower on the Humber Bridge from Queensbury .  Holme Moss to the south in Derbyshire , Castle Hill in Huddersfield and the two towers at Emily Moor...

                                                          3 Peaks and Great Whernside x 2
                                                                Emily Moor
                                                                 White Horse at Kilburn
White Horse at Kilburn
                                                      Drax
                                                Ferrybridge
                                                        Humber Bridge at 80 km

6 comments:

David Sutcliffe said...

It's a great view-point and it pays off for the birds with a bit of persistence as D Br has ably demonstrated this last week or two and others have done in the past. It's turned up some great birds over the years.

Swales is pretty good as a viewpoint >S >E and >W but Soil Hill and Q'bury are in the way looking north!! It's a shame the habitat has gone off at Swales though Soil Hill is still pretty good but it could be better if the vegetation on top was a bit sparser with some scrapes and bare ground in places.

Brian Sumner . said...

Some amazing view points from up there, especially in winter when its crystal clear. You can actually see coast to coast with the Humber Bridge at one side and Southport at the other.
When we used to check the gull roost at TMR in the near dark you could see the floodlights on York Minster and during vis mig watch the sun lights up Malham Cove.

AndyC said...

Ah Malham Cove I will look for that next and York MInster...The Humber Bridge was easy to find today , just too far for my camera to pick it up..You can see it from the red brick air rain shelter as you come into Queensbury from Northowram...fantastic

AndyC said...

Bri ......get Big Bertha focused on Humber Bridge if you get chance ...could do with a decent image...cheers

Brian Sumner . said...

Waiting for these hazy skies to clear but will do

AndyC said...

tHANKS BRI.... evenings seen to be best at the moment