Driving down Sutton Bank

Going up is a bit more exciting perhaps.






For a main A road (between Thirsk and Scarborough) this is very steep hill indeed - especially at the hairpin bend but again in the lower third.
 Caravans are banned and Articulated Lorries will often get stuck at the hairpin bend after losing traction to the drive wheels. There are incidents practically every week. Coming down is usually less dangerous with modern braking. This was often not the case in the past!

 The view from the top is astounding on a clear day with the Pennines easily visible and you can pick out landmarks such as the radar domes at Menwith Hill. In the days of steam it was possible to follow a train's progress from York to Darlington.

 Hero 4 Black with single axis gimbal.

Adder alert

These are most often seen on cool but sunny days when they are slower and tend to bask in the sun.
It was coiled up in the middle of the (warm) road but soon went on its way when I encouraged it so it didn't get run over.
It couldn't make fast progress on the smooth surface though.

Baysdale

Fryup road

After a gloomy day yesterday, towards evening the sky cleared and the last of the heather looked lovely in the low sun.

The high moors seem to have had a rather poor show of heather this time.

I might have blamed intermittent heavy rain not allowing a high number of open blooms but surely that would apply to more sheltered spots where it's better too?

Also it seems better the north side of the moors for some reason.

August evening light

Not used the Phantom through haytime and shearing but a lovely sunny evening inspired me to give it a test run in anticipation of some heather hunting runs.
Heather is just coming to peak so of course irresistable ....

Sunset over the moors

I'd been for a short walk round Hutton-le-Hole where we used to live, though it was rather curtailed by meeting someone I went to school with and a very lot of midges as wind dropped out near Sunset.
They've resurfaced a good part of the Blakey road and made a decent job - though it won't last long as there are constant [lack of] drainage issues.

The smooth road and orange sunset made for a somewhat surreal experience.
It struck me The Lion Inn almost passes for the Titty Twisters vampire lair in Dusk till Dawn ... (!)

Whitby summer evening

Whitby is so heavily photographed you almost feel guilty posting photos as it's so hard to avoid cliché scenes.

Going late in the day gave different light if nothing else and the view from West Cliff is always rather nice.