A Grey Day in the Hills above Settle.

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Shelter under the bough of a large tree to photograph a rain washed Settle.
   
Temptation to head back down the hill.
   
Looking to the rain lashed escarpment of Attermire Scar.
   
The twin entrances of the not so interesting Jubilee Cave.
   
Jubilee Cave once used by Iron Age Man.
   
The not so good views from Jubilee Cave, the hills rising to the left are the northern slopes of Warrendale.
   
Cloud and rain cloak the many summits of Warrendale Knotts.
   
The original entrance to Victoria Cave. The mist across the bottom of the picture is steam, rising of my wet clothes in the cold atmosphere of the cave.
   
Victoria Cave discovered in 1837, bones found here date back 130,000 years.
   
As well as the bones of Hippo, Rhino, Elephant and Hyena archeologists also found the remains of bronze and bone artifacts.
   
Warrendale Knotts as seen from Victoria Cave.
   
Sugar Loaf Hill as seen over Warrendale Knotts.
   
Sugar Loaf Hill.
   
Looking to Attermire Scar and Cave.
   
The cliffs and caves of Warrendale Knotts.
   
Rye Loaf Hill seen from below the cliffs of Attermire Scar.
   
Enter the Sun God, Warrendale Knotts, a Rock Climbers Paradise.
   
Seen across the green fields of Halsteads, Warrendale Knotts with Attermire Scar rising to the right.
   
Falling through a wooded glen to the south of Settle, Scalber Force.
   
Settle from the pastures above Mitchell Lane.
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