Barbondale, Yorkshire Dales, Spring

Barbondale holds a special place in our heart.

Lisabet spent many a time in her childhood playing in this valley with her family. It’s also the place where Lisabet’s grandfather’s ashes were scattered.

Barbondale gets its name, like a lot of Yorkshire Dales valleys, from the river that runs through it: Barbon Beck. In turn, the beck was named after the family that owned the manor and all the surrounding land. There are two theories where the name “Barbon” comes from:

  1. A corruption of “Barbourne”, a parish in Worcestershire, or;

  2. An old French Huguenot family name.

Unfortunately a lot of the woodland in Barbondale has been cut down and replanted, apparently to contain some sort of fungal infection.

All photos shot on a Fujifilm X-T2 with a 16–50mm f/3.5–5.6 lens using the Classic Chrome film mode.

Rhododendron ponticum, beautiful to look at but unfortunately a rather invasive and overwhelming species. Also apparently toxic to European honeybees.

A hawthorn tree leaning towards the craggy profile of Barbon Low Fell (438 m/1437 ft).

The way to Upper Barbondale, with Crag Hill in the distance (682 m/2,238 ft).

A lone tree with beautifully wispy clouds.

That’s right, another drystone wall means another photo of me tracking its path up the fell.

Upper Barbondale, featuring the precipitous shoulder of Calf Top (610 m/2,000 ft) and the winding road towards Dentdale.

Looking back along the road to Crag Hill and Fell House farm underneath.

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