Keld, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales
Venue: Keld Lodge, Upper Swaledale
Residential workshops
Weekend: Friday 8th October to Sunday 10th October 2010
[Courses start 6 p.m. day one & finish 4 p.m. day three]
Cost: £466 per person (two night’s accomodation, full board: breakfast, packed lunch and dinner. No shared rooms, no ‘single supplements’)
Deposit: £100 per person (if booking within six weeks of a workshop, then full payment is required).
Group size: a maximum of 6 photographers
Upper Swaledale is splendid walking country: an intimate landscape of field barns and dry stone walls. A quick look at the Ordnance Survey map reveals a network of good paths and tracks around the 'island' of Kisdon. There are many paths linking the tiny villages of Keld and Muker - all delightful, all easy to walk - including the old 'corpse road' along the flank of Kisdon Hill.
This is lead mining country too, and many of the tracks were made by miners in the course of their work. Lead ore - known as 'galena' - was won from the Swinner Gill mines, and coal for the smelt mill came from the Tan Hill colliaries. Ingots of lead were carted away from these remote workings, to the ports of Stockton and Yarm. Depending on your preferences, the highlight of the walk is either the stunning view from Crackpot Hall, or the prospect of a pint at the Farmer's Arms in Muker.
'Home' for this weekend is Keld Lodge: built as a shooting lodge, more recently a Youth Hostel and now a comfortable hotel. Situated at the intersection of both the Pennine Way and Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast walk, with views to match, Keld Lodge is an ideal base for both walkers and photographers. There's a warm welcome from Tony and Linda Leete who, having bought the property in 2007, have restored it back to its former glory.
Keld had been a 'dry' village since 1954, when the Cat Hole Inn was bought by a methodist preacher, who decided to impose his tastes for temperance on the rest of the village. Though the Cat Hole Inn is long gone, the village is dry no onger. Tony pulls an excellent pint: just the job after a day taking pictures.
For more details about Keld Lodge, visit their website
Residential workshops
Weekend: Friday 8th October to Sunday 10th October 2010
[Courses start 6 p.m. day one & finish 4 p.m. day three]
Cost: £466 per person (two night’s accomodation, full board: breakfast, packed lunch and dinner. No shared rooms, no ‘single supplements’)
Deposit: £100 per person (if booking within six weeks of a workshop, then full payment is required).
Group size: a maximum of 6 photographers
Upper Swaledale is splendid walking country: an intimate landscape of field barns and dry stone walls. A quick look at the Ordnance Survey map reveals a network of good paths and tracks around the 'island' of Kisdon. There are many paths linking the tiny villages of Keld and Muker - all delightful, all easy to walk - including the old 'corpse road' along the flank of Kisdon Hill. This is lead mining country too, and many of the tracks were made by miners in the course of their work. Lead ore - known as 'galena' - was won from the Swinner Gill mines, and coal for the smelt mill came from the Tan Hill colliaries. Ingots of lead were carted away from these remote workings, to the ports of Stockton and Yarm. Depending on your preferences, the highlight of the walk is either the stunning view from Crackpot Hall, or the prospect of a pint at the Farmer's Arms in Muker.'Home' for this weekend is Keld Lodge: built as a shooting lodge, more recently a Youth Hostel and now a comfortable hotel. Situated at the intersection of both the Pennine Way and Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast walk, with views to match, Keld Lodge is an ideal base for both walkers and photographers. There's a warm welcome from Tony and Linda Leete who, having bought the property in 2007, have restored it back to its former glory.
Keld had been a 'dry' village since 1954, when the Cat Hole Inn was bought by a methodist preacher, who decided to impose his tastes for temperance on the rest of the village. Though the Cat Hole Inn is long gone, the village is dry no onger. Tony pulls an excellent pint: just the job after a day taking pictures.
For more details about Keld Lodge, visit their website
