Several
months ago we mapped out our plans for the first of our Yorkshire Dales Road
Trips. Stage one was to head up above Settle to the Ribblehead Viaduct.
The
Ribblehead Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway over Batty Moss at
Ribblehead, North Yorkshire.
This
structure has been photographed by many notable photographers and I was
determined to try a few standout shots which I hope you enjoy.
There are many words to describe Ribblehead viaduct, a few that come to mind are – imposing, dramatic, stunning, amazing, impressive, but when seen close up it really comes down to a short intake of breath and WOW!!!
What a feat of planning and engineering! You cannot imagine the blood, sweat and tears that must have gone into its construction. There were many fatalities amongst the railway builders (navvies) through accidents and illness, so many in fact that the local graveyard had to be enlarged.
We set out that morning in cloudy and overcast weather conditions but when we arrived at this monumental construction the clouds had cleared leaving me with ideal conditions for the aspects of photography I had in mind. On this Dales Road Trip I had left my Canon 7D SLR and an assortment of lenses (the heavy gear) at home and intended to use the camera in my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max which I had been trialling for the last few months and had been particularly impressed with the performance of the wide angle lens, this generally produces converging verticals but I happen to like this effect and it does pack a lot of landscape in.
What a photogenic structure, taking into account the weather, time of day and the many viewpoints available it is inevitable that we will make many return trips to photograph it in its full glory.
'Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire'
please follow the link.
We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.
(downloads and prints are available)
More location photographs of our
'Dales Road Trip'
to follow.
Sedbergh (In the Yorkshire Dales National Park)
Dent (In the Yorkshire Dales National Park)
Aysgarth
Askrigg
Hawes
Gayle
Bainbridge
and finally Buckden
