Swaledales in the Howgills The Howgills are undulating, grassy fells. Long ascents and descents through remnants of snow. Great vistas on a day of clarity. The Swaledale face seems as if the ewe has spectacles, the fleeces of this flock marked electric blue. The contours of the fells are the most striking feature on the OS map, and the frequency of sheep folds, an historic feature. Snow pattern and a sheep fold below Brant Fell took hold.
A band of snow lingered high on Brant Fell, up on Calders Rigg and its appearance puzzled me. It seems as if the snow was blowing in the wind, but the day was still. As we approached I began a photo-sequence, attracted by snow-pattern in the steep gully and the beck flowing down to join Bram Rigg Beck. Snow highlighted a track descending from Calders Rigg, above the sheep fold. From the images you can make out the traditional pattern of a beck-side sheep fold, where the flock is gathered into the fold and each ewe is released into the beck for washing.
Listening for skylark, I heard a couple in song-flight up on the tops. The day was cold, but clear. Nothing like the sub-zero temperatures of the past week-end.
Listening for skylark, I heard a couple in song-flight up on the tops. The day was cold, but clear. Nothing like the sub-zero temperatures of the past week-end.
This image-sequence is below Brant Fell, focusing on Calders Rigg. What attracted me was changing perspectives on snow-pattern. And the sheep-fold beside the beck, just above its confluence with Bram Rigg Beck.
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