Tuesday 5 February 2013

Yorkshire

This little fellow brightened up our few days in Yorkshire. We stayed in Leyburn, mainly so that we could visit some of Cath's relatives. That is about all we could do as the weather was foul, torrential rain and gale force winds. Whilst Aysgarth Falls were quite spectacular the rivers were so high that the expected Dippers were nowhere to be seen. Where do they go when the rivers are in spate and over their banks?
A drive from Wensleydale to Swaledale on the driest day of the week and we were surrounded by Red Grouse; they obviously took advantage of the dry conditions to do some feeding. Most of them were in the grass rather than the heather banks making viewing easier. I presume there were plenty of grass seeds for them to pick up after the rain had flattened the seed heads.

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