Tony Garofalo
First of the winter snows
After a seemingly endless period of low cloud, rain and drizzle it was great to be able to get back out into England’s hill country and enjoy the first snowfall of the winter season. The picture was taken heading up the broad north-east ridge of Whernside, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The hill rises to an elevation of 2,415 feet above sea-level and is the highest point in North Yorkshire; although it should probably be added that the summit ridge actually straddles the county boundary with Cumbria.
Whernside is one of the celebrated “Three Peaks of Yorkshire”, the other two being Ingleborough (2,372 feet) and Pen-y-ghent (2,277 feet). The name is Viking in origin and is derived from a combination of “kvern”, meaning “millstone”, and “saettr”, meaning “summer pasture”.
First of the winter snows
After a seemingly endless period of low cloud, rain and drizzle it was great to be able to get back out into England’s hill country and enjoy the first snowfall of the winter season. The picture was taken heading up the broad north-east ridge of Whernside, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The hill rises to an elevation of 2,415 feet above sea-level and is the highest point in North Yorkshire; although it should probably be added that the summit ridge actually straddles the county boundary with Cumbria.
Whernside is one of the celebrated “Three Peaks of Yorkshire”, the other two being Ingleborough (2,372 feet) and Pen-y-ghent (2,277 feet). The name is Viking in origin and is derived from a combination of “kvern”, meaning “millstone”, and “saettr”, meaning “summer pasture”.