I haven't posted for a few days as I have been otherwise occupied but I have managed to get lots more shots which I will be able to share in coming weeks.
Today however I am returning to my selection of images from my recent visit to Whitby along the North Yorkshire coast.
I love this view of the harbour looking down from the 199 steps that lead up to the famous abbey. It was a lovely evening at the end of a great day and watching the sunset was a special treat. I live on England's west coast and so I am used to some spectacular sunsets across Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea. I was somewhat surprised that I could watch the sun set into the sea from this spot on the east coast.
I recently managed a very brief break from everything and I headed over to Whitby on the Yorkshire coast.
It is some time since I was last there but each visit has some good memories attached and this was no different. It was a really hot and sunny day so landscape photography wasn't really on the cards but as evening approached the light changed and there were some great photo opportunities.
Whitby is built along the banks of the River Esk as it flows into the North Sea and the sunlight and reflections made for some nice images, I hope you will agree.
This week I have been off work again and although I had stuff to do around the house some of the week I did manage to get out with my camera twice and I have a nice selection of pictures to keep me going for a while.
On Wednesday I couldn't decide what to do until a friend suggested that I take a trip up to Ingleton Falls in Yorkshire where you can walk around a 4 - 5 mile trail by some quite spectacular waterfalls. I had been many years ago when my children were small and before I had a decent camera too so I packed my gear into the car and headed off in the hope of good weather and some great images.
Well the weather was really good and I will leave it to you to decide about the images but thanks to my friends suggestion I had a great day out and got some much needed time with my camera in the countryside.
So I can tell you will be wondering, if it was a waterfall trail where are the pictures of waterfalls? All in good time; because as much as I want to share them I also have other shots that I think are interesting and that deserve a spot here on my blog. I am also excited about the pictures I took on my other day out in Snowdonia but I am going to have to wait to share those too.
The pictures I have chosen for today are of the Money Tree, a feature along the riverside path at Ingleton. I remember this from my first visit all those years ago and how at that time we hammered a coin into the tree with the children. Now there seems like there is no room for any more money and people have taken to hammering coins in an adjacent tree trunk.
I don't know how or why this tradition started but it is an interesting feature, there is a similar one at Bolton Abbey and I recall adding my own coins to that one on my last visit. I really like the way the coins follow the contours and the grain in the bark, I like the texture it creates and I like the colours as the coins have become worn and weathered.
Having posted a beautiful cottage garden yesterday I thought I would follow up with a similar theme and some lovely spring colour, so I have chosen a selection of different wild flowers for your enjoyment today.
I know that the last picture is of Bluebells in a woodland glade, however I have no idea what the other two plants are so if you can help identify them I'd be very grateful. Please leave a comment below if you know what they are.
