After much slipping and sliding, I arrived at Top Withins in the dark, about 40 minutes before sunrise. the sky was clear, there was snow on the ground and everything looked set for a spectacular sunrise. And, as so often happens up there, the mist descended…











The site of Hays Laithe, a long-since demolished barn, close to Lower Withins farm, also long gone.


Upper Heights Farm


A cloud inversion in the valley, seen from just below Lower Height Farm

Bully Trees Farm



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