> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 9 August 2024 - URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshalls-genius-loci-digest-9-august-2024/ - Published: 2024-08-09T05:30:30.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-09T05:30:30.000Z - Description: The angry cursive is absorbed by the sweeping concord of the subtle and the intangible. - Author: Andy Marshall - Tags: genius loci digest, middleham, middleham castle, leyburn, wensleydale, yorkshire dales, harmby falls, walk, vanlife ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/southwell-1-8-1.jpeg) ## Welcome! Thanks for coming along --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/St-Twrog-5-1-1.jpg) I'm an architectural photographer. I travel around Britain interacting with special places. I work from my camper van called Woody and I share my experiences via this digest. **⚡️** [**View the latest digest and the full archive here.**](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/genius-loci-digest/) **📐** [**My Goals**](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/goals/) **ℹ️** [**Donations Page & Status** ](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-donations/) **📸** [**MPP Status**](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-status-page/) **🛍️**[**Shop**](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/tag/shop/) --- ****PHOTO-HOARD** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/GUW5z0QXUAEkMZz-1.jpeg) A little bit of lovely thatched vernacular from Stewkley in Buckinghamshire. C17th timber framed and infilled with header bond. --- ****WORDS** *“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”* Martin Luther King Jr. --- ****OBSERVATIONS** ## Waterfall **I can hear it clearly now: the rushing of the water is over to my right beyond a dip beside the road. I skirt along a small track and head down towards the waterfall. My first view of the Harmby Falls is sublime: cascading sheets of white water. I stand for several moments, lulled into a dream state. I can't help but think that despite the anarchic bent of every gushing molecule, the body of water holds the same shape as it crashes over the roots and rocks.** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_4023-1.JPG) I walk closer to the fall, mesmerised by the sight and sound, until I see the graffiti, and my spirits crash. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_4018-1.JPG) It's such an eyesore against the harmony of the falls. But then I think that some of the marks might stem from fear, or they might be a call for help, or even a final epitaph. After a short while, the falls begin to do their thing again – a snaking charmer, pulling me back into the presence of nature. The beauty and togetherness of the whole is overpowering all in its path. The angry cursive is absorbed by the sweeping concord of the subtle and the intangible. Later in the afternoon, I travel between two Yorkshire towns: Leyburn – a thriving market town, and Middleham – once the childhood home of Richard III. And whilst I’m walking, two miles away to my south, the waters of Harmby are falling and shaping my thinking. And from the places I visit and the buildings I see, a pattern emerges. For, between the cascading waters and the foliate walls, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/8-1.png) the bower-strewn lanes and the market stalls, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/2.png) the rubbled limestone and the ashlar quoins, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_3802-1.JPG) the polite manholes and raw Gothic forms, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/3.png) the dancing Jacobean and the castle parapet, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/4.png) the cumin curry house and the full English set, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/5.png) the over-informative and the self-deprecative, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/6.png) the human and the animal, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_3901-1-1.JPG) the animated past and the joy of the here and now, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_3909-1.JPG) from the kissing gates to adapted states, ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/7.png) I can't help but feel the universe is trying to tell me something. Standing over a parapet that nurtured a king who split communities in his time and united them in ours, I start to see the answers all around me, hidden in plain sight. These places edge forward through time like glaciers, grinding down the monstrous and rounding off the sharpness. I am walking through a landscape that, through time's filtration, harbours the strongest components of the human spirit – an "inescapable network of mutuality.” ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_3712-1.JPG) Just as the waterfall shapes its uniform path through every unique molecule, our places are enriched by each individual presence. We are part of a larger whole, moving together, evolving, sometimes faltering, but ultimately shaping our shared world. When we take the time to look around us, the beauty in our differences becomes apparent – an immeasurable latent harmony prevailing over discord. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_3747-1.JPG) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/244139582_4562204510496601_18871510483590585_n.jpeg) ## Can you help support my work? Membership keeps this Digest alive and helps keep me on the road [Become a Member](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/help-support-the-digest-become-a-member-2/) [](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/member-powered-photography-status-page/) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2023/11/Beverley-Sun-Risen-16x9-Medium.jpg) ## Sign up for free to Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest 🚐📸🏛 Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ****HOTSPOTS** ## Leyburn and Middleham, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. **Leyburn is a delightful market town with a gritty, agricultural feel. I visited over a few days but market day (Friday) is best - where the open square is bustling with activity.** A short walk from the town centre is a divine promontory that overlooks the valley. Known as the Leyburn Shawl Fields they have seen human activity since pre-historic times. Lots of seats to take lunch and take in the view. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/EB7D4980-9A85-4113-91B1-364F73D449A1_1_201_a-1.jpeg) My sketch of Leyburn **Middleham is such a beautiful town with a village feel - behind Coverham Lane is Middleham Castle (English Heritage) former home to Richard III and, for that reason, is known as the Windsor of the north.** Middleham is a significant site for horse training and stables. Whilst I ate my full English (being eagerly watched by the cafe dog) I watched the horses trot by - up and down Coverham Lane. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/A5792102-22D1-416C-BA22-4FB43E02ABBB_1_201_a-1.jpeg) My Sketch of Middleham (whilst waiting for the bus) ### My Route I took the public footpaths from Harmby Falls (there is limited parking there) over the River Ure and into the town. There is a short walk along a main road before it takes you into the town via the magical portal of St. Mary and Alkeda. From Middleham I caught the bus into Leyburn. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/20BB38CD-ACCD-4B39-8BCD-1D6FE47395A1_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-10.02.42-1.png) Map Courtesy of OS Maps ## From Harmby Falls to Leyburn via Middleham - Pure Scroll (No Words) ### Harmby Falls 0:00 /1:08 1× Switch the sound up for a bit of ASMR ### The Route To Middleham ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/1B3FE2B1-4C90-4942-9EC9-91F7170E1AE2_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F901B05D-7FD4-4EC8-B1EF-C10F64C36F55_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/E6073A68-2D1B-4E91-9C12-2E086E8D4904_1_102_a.jpeg) 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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/34C9B2C9-41E2-45B7-A446-5880ED386576_1_102.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/4B96E113-22E2-4282-83AA-FF67C521C40C_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/123F0F2E-F24F-48F2-B58D-3212919260FE_1_105_c.jpeg) ### Middleham Castle (open to the public) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/Middleham-6.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/D9B8844F-EDA9-4F1E-B181-BA19833382D9_1_201_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/E8F30784-303E-446C-90E8-01E6CABB237C_1_102_a-1.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/B9BB4648-CF34-4835-8C9A-8CB01E0D4C8F_1_201_a.jpeg) --- Members can view Middleham Castle in glorious VR (viewable on any device): [Be there: Middleham and Middleham Castle in glorious VRMiddleham is such a beautiful town with a village feel - behind Coverham Lane is Middleham Castle (English Heritage) former home to Richard III and, for that reason, is known as the Windsor of the north.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/Middleham-web-3.jpg)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/be-there-middleham-and-middleham-castle-in-glorious-vr/) --- ### Leyburn ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/17DDCE49-4CA7-42B4-BF4B-FB65CFB27F02_1_201_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/B9D54DE7-FB52-4567-930E-2518294CD7AC_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F4FB0F3E-CA88-4F1A-B892-7441BC45450E_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/5B3C7410-2BDD-42FF-9D01-7487BB8FFA88_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/4161AADF-7000-45A9-933C-A615825E5305_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/5338B5E0-A76E-49A5-B2AF-01704C88A7E4_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/7202C7F1-9FA3-4501-98F6-BD49371D2B78_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/A1EF3F2F-D7EF-4808-90E1-1A8675AD235F_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/2F8F2987-9CE1-4675-BCF7-96DED0CFBDF1_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F7E409AC-91DA-4C06-8AFC-1EF09CC4F983_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/60789559-4A47-43DC-A86A-73BE71DB0432_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F2A85657-1E54-4669-9AEE-EB608167B8B3_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/AC2A7168-F3C8-46FA-BF1D-34D871BE0515_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/91638942-EB1C-4879-AFB7-75186E9FEAD4_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/BA56B2B9-9B41-4A5E-BF3B-BC91557BD8B8_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/90AB4653-2265-4ED1-A4EE-2E9901402ABF_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/1249A35E-9036-4E90-9F17-67CFB6AED601_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/EE7911F1-A2D3-4DCB-A105-1E3A43A0E6FC_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/D8EA7FA4-1191-44BC-A6AB-0872B21454E2_1_102_a.jpeg) ### Leyburn Library (we all need a library like this) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/8E8423C9-75F9-44D4-A637-992D4DE67E2C_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/7C914E4A-636C-4ED9-8C78-C0A3DB1F713E_1_102_a.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/C4722AE0-B0C5-4B4E-B3DA-8DA040B7A7A1_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/687593AA-A52D-480E-AD04-0B4AEBCB7F8F_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F4815593-B1D2-4630-8F8A-EB1FC17C991E_1_105_c.jpeg) ### Leyburn Shawl Fields ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/DBBF7CD0-A1A2-420C-9F1C-10D8BC1478BE_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/61FD9314-1BAD-4BD6-954B-19CC6BAB0DFA_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/BC3B03BE-E636-43E0-BB99-400B11E91B49_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/0D5C6D23-E324-43B9-960A-129FF6B63C72_1_105_c.jpeg) --- ****VAN LIFE** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/C71C3CB2-EF6B-4923-AB8B-25D0631D08BE_1_105_c.jpeg) I lodged over near Harmby at the CAMC and took on a bit of luxury with the side awning. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/DA799461-06D2-4FEE-84E2-739E8A863130_1_105_c.jpeg) The side awning slides into a groove on the van ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/7D2D9AB0-1102-44BA-9C71-0C38173DCA10_1_105_c.jpeg) Outdoor Cooking - Aubergine Curry ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/5FEAD7CE-3E63-49C6-B850-33B466BAE4C5_1_105_c.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/6CD185DD-010B-4063-9EB5-F04A6B37A7E5_1_102.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/F87B2D80-DC98-41FD-A122-F41BDCDE0F67_1_102_a.jpeg) --- [Van Life GalleryMy van, Woody, is my time-travelling machine, taking me to some remarkable places that have altered my mind like wine through water.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/12/Andy.png)Andy Marshall's Genius Loci DigestAndy Marshall![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2022/12/D34A81F6-0429-4333-92FF-22D8D680AFCB-202.JPG)](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/van-life/) --- ****ON MY COFFEE TABLE** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_7316-Photoroom.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/2024/08/IMG_7319-Photoroom.jpg) --- ****BOOKMARKED** [The burning of Spellow library broke my heart – but books will prevail over bigotry | Olivia SungThe destruction of this beloved Liverpool institution was an act of far-right hatred. But seeing the community rally to restore this haven of literature gives me hope![](https://assets.guim.co.uk/static/frontend/icons/homescreen/apple-touch-icon-512.png)The GuardianOlivia Sung![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/af0f873cc2f21c322ce7043deb54309f2e30d8ff/0_253_5045_3028/master/5045.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=cb7fe10d25393248cceb6f5bca4e22f4)](https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/08/the-burning-of-spellow-library-liverpool?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther&utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fshared) > 'Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education, about entertainment, about making safe spaces and about access to information.' Chris Riddell [Montolieu: The French village dedicated to booksSet in a stunning location near the Pyrenees mountains, the tiny village of Montolieu is home to roughly 800 people and has no ATMs, but it boasts 15 bookshops.![](https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/apple-touch-icon.png)BBCEmily Monaco![](https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p0hf7234.jpg)](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240226-montolieu-the-french-village-dedicated-to-books?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) > 'People who cannot understand each other cannot exchange ideas, cannot communicate...Fiction builds empathy. Fiction is something you build up from twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks, and you, and you alone, using your imagination, create a world, and people it and look out through other eyes. You're being someone else, and when you return to your own world, you're going to be slightly changed.' Chris Riddell [Gladstone’s: The UK’s only residential libraryFor more than 100 years, clergy, scholars and ordinary people have spent their days studying and their nights sleeping in this unique institution.![](https://www.bbc.com/bbcx/apple-touch-icon.png)BBCEmily Monaco![](https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p0gmwflp.jpg)](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231022-gladstones-the-uks-only-residential-library?ref=digest.andymarshall.co) --- ****FILM AND SOUND** Birdsong at first light at Harmby, Yorkshire Dales. 0:00 /1:29 1× [Ramblings - Series 14 - Wensleydale - Middleham - BBC SoundsClare Balding discovers the joys of group walking. 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