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A bright sunny day on the tops of The North Yorkshire Moors contrasted with patches of fog inside the valleys, a phenomenon called cloud inversion. These conditions are (as my dear daughter, beside me in the car, advised me) ideal for the formation of fogbows. We came across just such a situation at the dramatic Hole of Horcum, a few miles along the A169 from Pickering. Fogbows tend to be transient so a hurried bit of parking (don't forget to feed the meter!) and a sprint into The Hole ensued, me encumbered by a "proper" camera and kit (and an extra 29 years compared to her), she encumbered by . . . an iPhone. Well, the best camera is the one you have with you, I guess.
Anyway, I should, however grudgingly (and breathlessly), admit that it is thanks to her unexpected meteorological expertise that I grabbed this photo, deep in The Hole. Fogbows form in the same way as rainbows but the water droplets concerned are (as you would expect, being fog rather than rain) many times smaller than those associated with rainbows. Obviously(!) that causes greater diffraction than is found with rainbows, resulting in no, or very muted colours compared to a rainbow. This fogbow kindly formed close to the top of the mist so the contrast with the blue sky behind and above helped define it.
Goathland is a village and parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the North York Moors national park due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby. It has a station on the steam-operated North Yorkshire Moors Railway line.
According to the 2011 UK census, Goathland parish had a population of 438, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 407.
Goathland village is 500 feet above sea level and has a history extending from Viking times. The name Goathland is probably a corruption of 'good land'. Alternatively, it may come from 'Goda's land', Goda being an Old English personal name. In 1109 King Henry I granted land to Osmund the Priest and the brethren of the hermitage of Goathland, then called Godelandia, for the soul of his mother Queen Matilda, who had died in 1083. This is recorded in a charter held at Whitby Abbey. The village was a spa town in the 19th century. There are many hotels and guest houses in the village, the largest, the Mallyan Spout Hotel, is named after a nearby waterfall. There is a caravan site, reached by driving along the track which is the site of the older railway route, 1835 to 1860.
Much of the surrounding land is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster. The Duchy's tenants have a common right extending for hundreds of years to graze their black faced sheep on the village green and surrounding moorland.
The village was the setting of the fictional village of Aidensfield in the Heartbeat television series set in the 1960s. Many landmarks from the series are recognisable, including the stores, garage/funeral directors, the public house and the railway station. The pub is called the Goathland Hotel, but in the series is the Aidensfield Arms. After filming for some years a replica was built in the studio.