#beckwithshaw

A dog walk. A litter pick. A visit to the village pub. Enjoying nature.

It's been a productive day, doing something to help the environment, clean up around the country roads we use day-in, day-out and simply enjoying the weekend sun.

...and of course...taking some photos on the walk!

Just before I put up a few sport-related blog postings, I thought I'd share images from a short venture out through the Stainburn/Norwood forest on the edges of Nidderdale.

It was early and the sun was blanketed in a lot of cloud...but at the same time, it wasn't raining, it was warm-ish, and there was next to no wind.

I'd planned the route, ensuring that I wouldn't take a wrong turning and end up lost...something I am prone to doing when I go out exploring.

I must admit, this was one of the best trips out I'd arranged since the pandemic hit...and I thoroughly enjoyed taking in a new route that I've never been down...given that it is so close to home.

The views are simply breathtaking over Nidderdale and at some points you can genuinely believe that you are the only person for miles (although that isn't really true).

At points, the light on the landscape was epic...not a word that I use often, but it was just superb at certain points on the 14 mile journey.

It took just over the hour to get around the route and return home...and so much fun, that I've already started to plan the next off-road trek!

Briscoe Rigg, Rigton, North Yorkshire

Settlement (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference — SE 2581 5100

Archaeology & History

Briscoe Rigg on 1851 map

Highlighted on the 1851 OS-map of the area as a ‘Camp’, all trace of this ancient settlement would seem to have been destroyed.  It was already on its way out when the Ordnance Survey lads looked at it again in 1888, finding barely a trace of it.  Thankfully though, when the clearer eyes of…