Dales, Moors, Fells, Mountains

Open spaces, wide expanses. Rugged mountains, bleak fells and moorland hills and tranquil dales and valleys of the north. Landscapes photographs from hugely contrasting areas of the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors, Lake District and North Pennines

Dense early morning mists roll through the gullies and around the limestone knotts near Malham, Yorkshire Dales

A farm in Teesdale sits crumbling and abandoned in the snow

A grey morning and atmospheric morning on Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales. The summits of Sharp Haw and Rough Haw near Skipton in the distance

Hazy and humid late September afternoon by Winskill Stones in Ribblesdale

A late autumn morning view over the Washburn Valley, North Yorkshire to Almscliff Crag in the mist

In the early light sheep graze among the bracken on Raven Hill in Great Fryup Dale in the North York Moors.

Sunlight briefly breaks through the low cloud sweeping across Upper Wharfedale illuminating a tree in a field near Oughtershaw Beck

Looking down Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales a doves circle overhead. The wintry showers have passed and the sun begins to shine

Early autumn in Swaledale, North Yorkshire. Looking south from Crackpot Hall with Kisdon illuminated by the early morning sun.

A tree standing on a rocky outcrop near Conistone in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire on a fresh, hazy spring morning.

Exploring narrow valleys north of Swaledale on a grey and hazy day. Fascinating area of disused mines and ruins. Here the view down Throstle Gill near Helwith

A abandoned farm in the snow near Rookhope County Durham

Low cloud and mists move through Rosedale in the North York Moors. On the eastern side of the valley a solitary tree stands out from the forest.

Winter in the North Pennines. The view across a snowy Teesdale towards an isolated farm on Bink Edge as the afternoon sun lights up the mists gathering on Mickle Fell

The sun rises from behind some trees on a misty morning near Harrogate, North Yorkshire

A old track leads through dry stone walled paddocks towards two old barns at High Hamer in the North York Moors

A group of trees caught in the early morning sun cast long shadows across Glaisdale Head in the North York Moors.

Trees caught in the early morning sun cast shadows across the mists whipped up by the brisk winds blowing across the tops of the North York Moors near Glaisdale.

The patchwork of fields and barns of upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales fade into the mist and drizzle of an early winter day

An old barn in Wensleydale provides safety and shelter for a family of rabbits through the cold winter months

Autumn colours on Holme Fell in the Lake District