Newgate Farm

Week 37 High Dales & Low Dales

Having passed a signpost many times at Hackness, leading to High Dales and Low Dales, I decided it was time to find out what was there. I followed the road to Low Dales farm, then branched off up Whisper Dale and eventually via forest paths to the site of High Dales Farm (on the O.S. map), only to find a name change and a plaque on the side of the building indicating 'Newgate Farm'. I was somewhat dismayed. Sadly, this once isolated farmhouse and buildings are in a state of advanced decay with major structural damage to the house.

Spurn Lightship

Week 36 Hull Marina

The lightship was built in 1927, had no engine so was towed into its position in the Humber estuary, where it stayed for over thirty years! It had a crew of four and provided a light and fog horn to warn shipping of the dangerous sand banks. It was retired in 1975 and is now a floating museum in the Hull Marina. I must take a look around it next time I am in Hull.

Cows Troutsdale

Week 35 Troutsdale

Whilst doing my Voluntary Ranger patrol in Troutsdale, I came across these lively bullocks. The pose for the camera and the pastoral scene behind leading onto forestry and Troutsdale Moor, gives it a quintessential English appearance. Well, I think so!