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Hagg’s Gate, Clay Bank or Whatever it’s Called This Week

Another photograph from yesterday. I am standing on White Hill, the easternmost bump of the so-called Four Sisters of the Cleveland Hills and gazing across the col at Hagg’s Gate, or at least what used to be called Hagg’s Gate, towards Carr Ridge and the high ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/04/27/haggs-gate-clay-bank-or-whatever-its-called-this-week/

#CarrRidge #ClayBank #ClevelandHills #NorthYorkMoors #WhiteHill #history

Ingleby Bank woods — where two bodies were found hidden

Looking down on Hagg's Gate from the crest of Cushat Hill.

Hagg's Gate and Cushat Hill, names no one uses nowadays. Ingleby Bank, on the other hand, is a name that has roaming issues. The O.S. map claims it's the slope of that ridge on the other side of the vale of Greenhow. But it's a name which, I suspect, probably also gets used for the wo ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33754

#InglebyGreenhow #NorthYorkMoors #WhiteHill

Ah, the joys of heather burning season

It's the delightful season of heather burning, and I found myself on Hasty Bank, the perfect vantage point to witness the breathtaking spectacle of over a dozen smoke columns gracefully dancing across a vast 180° panorama of the North York Moors, stretching from Gisborough Moor to the majestic Black Hambleton. In the photo above, these particular ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33367

#InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #WhiteHill #GrouseMoorManagement

The Crags of White Hill: Evidence of a 1872 Landslip

A brisk autumn morning but with a subtle nip in the roriferous air, though the temperature would soon be rising. A warm day beckoned.

Meanwhile, 377,000 kilometres away, the moon hangs in the morning sky, as is often the case during its waning gibbous phase, when it transitions from full to half. Down below on earth, White Hi ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33068

#Bilsdale #InglebyGreenhow #NorthYorkMoors #WhiteHill #19thcentury

Good morning, #mastoart #mastophoto

This is #thicktrunktuesday #tree #fotografie #photography

#whitehill #botanical #garden in #bendigo #australia

#roentare
#photographyisart
#photographysoul
#photooftheday
#pictureoftheday
#potd
#foundart
#ayearforart
#reflection
#pond
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#eukalyptus
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Nanny Newgill, the Broughton Witch — Part II

Back on the Cleveland Hills after a few days break. I was reminded crossing Urra Moor that I need to post the second part of Richard Blakeborough's 1902 tale of Nanny Newgill, the Broughton Witch.

For Part I see here.
NANNY NEWGILL, THE BROUGHTON WITCH.
SYNOPSIS OF PART I.
Dinah Curry, a Broughton girl, marries a stranger ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31091

#ClevelandHills #ColdMoor #NorthYorkMoors #UrraMoor #WhiteHill #folklore