A day in theYorkshire Dales, 16 September 2009

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Kettlewell on a grey September day.

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Ruins of a cottage on the outskirts of Starbotton.

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The Wharfe at Starbotton.

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Footbridge across the Wharfe.

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The path over Moor End Fell to Arncliffe goes up steeply through alder(?) woods.

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Up on the open moor, looking down to Starbotton, with Buckden Pike beyond.

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From the same spot, the view down Wharfedale (a textbook U-shaped glacial valley) towards Kettlewell.

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An isolated cottage high up on Old Cote Moor above Arncliffe.

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Looking across Littondale to the valley of Cowside Beck (leading up towards Malham Tarn).

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The river Skirfare flowing down Littondale towards its junction with the Wharfe.

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Coming down to Arncliffe.

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St Oswald's church, Arncliffe.

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In the church, a list of the men from Littondale who fought at Flodden Field. (Notice how many of the men are listed as being armed with a "bille". According to the Wikipedia article, the outcome of the battle was largely determined by the superiority of the English billhook to the Scottish pike.)

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Beside the road in front of the church, the village stocks.

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Arncliffe village green, with the housing for the village pump. The pump itself is no longer there.

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Back over the moors to Kettlewell.

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The path threads its way down through a narrow gully in the limestone crag.

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The bridge over the Wharfe at Kettlewell.