Keld.
Two miles further along the road (B6270) past Muker the hamlet of Keld sits on the side of the valley,
A short walk brings you to Whitsundale Beck where East Gill Force tumbles down into the beck from the hillside, (see below)
The Pennine Way and Wainwrights Coast to Coast footpath can be joined from here,.
Ivelet Bridge.
The single span hump backed packhorse bridge over the river Swale was built in 1698, it leads to the hamlet of Ivelet near Richmond North Yorkshire is on the part of Corpse Way between Ivelet and Gunnerside,
It has a coffin stone at the northern end where the bearers would place the coffins whilst they rested.
The bridge is reputedly haunted by a headless black dog,
To see this apparition on the bridge would supposedly forewarn a tragedy,
In spite of that as you can see it is a beautiful sight.
High Force
Is the biggest water fall in England in terms of water flow, It falls about seventy feet 21 metres in a single drop and plunges into a pool almost as deep.
The highest fall being Gaping Gill in the Inglborough caves
In writing this I have just discovered that it may not be in Yorkshire but in Norhumbria, however I won’t hold that against them because it is a spectacular sight.
It is on the River Tees About four miles from Middleton in Teesdale just off the B6277
There is a car park at the side of the pub on the opposite side of the road, A good footpath and steps lead down to the fall with a viewing area and another path to the top,
Great care should be exercised at the top several people including a photographer and a botanist have died falling having slipped on the rocks.
Until Cow Green Reservoir was built the area was prone to flash flooding, Water from the dales further upstream would come down river as a wall of water several feet deep this has also caused many fatalities.
Emily Bronte described the wetness of the area in Wuthering Heights.
“The rainy night had ushered in a misty morning, half frost, half drizzle, and temporary brooks crossed our path gurgling from the uplands”.
John Wesley the well known preacher visited the falls in 1799 and was said to be suitably impressed though he did complain that it was always raining in these awful hills,
It certainly poured down when this picture was taken but worth getting wet for.
