Dip & Scarp

Most of the dry valleys in the Wolds are in the dip slope of the chalk, twisting for a good few miles as they convene into broader shallower valleys. In the scarp slope the valleys are shorter and have less of a secretive nature as they are open to the Vale of York below. They also tend to have springs in them giving them a much wetter nature than the dip valleys. I walked in one, called magnificently Hanging Grimstone, today. Because they face west and the dip valleys tend to east, autumn is later coming here, so the trees look pretty much in full leaf. This is a view across the valley down to the Vale - pretty Arcadian I think.