Looking towards Skipton from the prehistoric Rombalds Way - an ancient track over the moors

Rombalds Way - named after the legendary giant Rombald, who stomped his way over the moors near Ilkley in Yorkshire

Looking East from Rombalds Way, towards the little market town of Otley in Yorkshire.

The 'Idol Stone', one of several hundred Neolithic carvings which are found on the moors. No one knows what they mean.

The 'Twelve Apostles', a 4500 year old stone circle high on Ilkley moor. Yorkshire.

The Storm  Miles from anywhere and I could see a storm approaching. No shelter here. Rombalds moor. Yorkshire

Moor Grass. Ilkley moor. Yorkshire.

All that remains of an ancient settlement. Angram moor. Nidderdale. Yorkshire

A prehistoric Standing stone. High Bridestones. North Yorkshire moors.

A storm blows over Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

In late summer the heather turns a vibrant purple. Burley moor. Yorkshire.

Several cairns mark the way...Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

From the high ground, looking down onto Addingham. Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

Resplendent in it's vibrant purple coat, the Summer heather almost glows. Addingham moor. Yorkshire.

Following the ancient walling South, with the spooky Rivok plantation in the distance. Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

Ancient walling is found all over the moors, this one has collapsed and the path now goes through the debris.

Rombalds Way through the bracken. Addingham moor. Yorkshire.

The old moor road. Embsay moor. Yorkshire.

Winter comes to the moors. Looking down into the Wharfe valley from Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

From the high moors, the winter view is over the Wharfe valley. Yorkshire.

This moorland track has been used for thousands of years, now gamekeepers use it. Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

A blizzard blows on the low ground. Rombalds moor. Yorkshire.

After the storm. Silsden moor. Yorkshire.

Looking towards Haworth moor, where the Bronte sisters lived. Silsden moor. Yorkshire.

The loneliness of Blubberhouses moor. A Roman road can just be seen in the distance. Yorkshire.

Ilkley moor. Yorkshire.

These trees are all that is left of an old farmhouse. Grassington moor. Yorkshire.

The wlldness of the place. Grassington moor. Yorkshire.