malham cove, yorkshire

Malham Cove is a huge curving amphitheatre shaped cliff formation of limestone rock.

The vertical face of the cliff is about 260 feet high. The top of the cove is a large area of deeply eroded limestone pavement, of a strange pattern rarely seen in England. The majesty of Malham Cove looks out over the Village of Malham, in the Pennines, at the southern base of the Yorkshire Dales.  It's a pretty place, surrounded by limestone dry-stone walls, & with a stream running right through the middle of the village.

Scenes for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows were filmed all around Malham including Malham Cove, the limestone pavement, Malham Tarn and Gordale Scar.

Malham Cove is in Yorkshire Dale National Park, about 110 miles, 2 1/2 hours drive from Nottingham

 Malham Village

 The Old (Black) Smithy, Malham

Bourton-on-the-water & Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

in January, cik nai - hub's cousin who lives in Vancouver came and stayed with us for a few days. we took her to Bourton-on-the-Water and Chipping Camden, 2 small villages in the Cotswolds.

The Cotswolds is one of the most 'quintessentially English' and unspoiled regions of England. the whole of the Cotswold region is formed by six English counties of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Bath & North East Somerset.

Bourton has been described as Little Venice of the Cotswolds and one of the most popular tourist spots in the region. can be very busy on warm days.

Chipping Camden is just over 12 miles (25 minutes drive) away from Bourton; famous for thatched roof cottages and St. James Church, at the north end of the town (see pic below), is perhaps, the finest 'wool' church in the Cotswolds, with a magnificent 120ft (36 metre) tower.