Bolton Abbey ruins with the tombs of early clergy that served there.
The end wall was put in place to retain this part of the Priory as a parish church. The rest fell into ruin when Henry VIII had the lead taken off the roof and it all rotted.
All the buildings on this side of the Abbey are now only foundation walls showing the outline.
Carlisle's East and West Citadel towers.
Skipton Castle main entrance. DESORMAIS above the gate translates to HENCEFORTH.
Skipton Castle with private residence to the right.
Conduit Courtyard with the Yew tree planted 1659 by Lady Anne Clifford to commemorate the rebuilding of the castle after the Civil War.
The main entrance to Skipton Castle.
Beautifully kept grounds at Skipton Castle.
Part of Skipton castle which is a tea room and souvenir shop.
Cononley, North Yorkshire. Note the long line of mill houses centre left.
Keighley station platform 4 for the Keighley Worth Valley Railway.
East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire. Bequeathed to the National Trust 1933. The park like grounds and duck pond are popular picnic spots.
Lock keeper opening the gate paddles on the final lock. They move sideways instead of up & down.
The famous Bingley Five Rise locks on the Leeds & Liverpool canal.
Bottom of the Bingley Three rise locks.
Salts Mill on the Leeds & Liverpool canal. There is a building on both sides of the canal with a walkway between them.
Dot's little helper. We met this little character at Dock Lane and along with his Dad they followed us to Br 209 where he insisted on opening the bridge himself.
Fields 3 Rise flight on the L & L near Shipley. The lock keeper wasn't very talkative.
Granary Wharf dry docks now part of a new complex in the heart of Leeds.
Clarence Dock or “Tattie dock” as the boatmen called it for its regular potato cargo's.
The Royal Armouries Museum Leeds.
The Royal crest surrounded by weapons of war.
Woodlesford lock where somebody takes pride in it's appearance.
Gypsy Rover leaving Lemonroyd lock where a local boater did the honours of operating the lock for us.
Castleford lock closed for a major repair.
Stanley Ferry's 2 aqueducts. The front one completed in 1839. The concrete aqueduct behind was built 1981. Calder navigation.
