The Ribblehead Viaduct Walk.

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The picturesque buildings of the Ribblehead Station.
   
Ingleborough capped with cloud seen from Ribblehead Station.
   
The 24 arches of the Ribblhead Viaduct.
   
North across the Viaduct.
   
Views across the 440ft long viaduct.
   
The landscape of Batty Moss, not craters left from blasting but Shake Holes leading to the vast cave systems of the Yorkshire Dales.
   
Mighty Ingleborough as seen from Ribblehead Viaduct.
   
Blea Moor seen over Batty Moss.
   
Views over Ribblesdale with Pen-y-ghent under cloud.
   
South across the viaduct.
   
Walkers head north with Whernside rising on the skyline.
   
Views south to Park Fell.
   
Designed by John Sydney Crossley the first stone was laid on the 12th day of October 1870 and the last in 1874.
   
Ingleborough looms over Twisleton Dale.
   
Clearly seen the 24 arches of the Ribblehead Viaduct.
   
104ft high, 440 yards long with 24 arches certainly a tribute to the endeavors of Victorian Engineering.
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