Serpent

Archive Blip: 01/04/2010

Around six months before this journal launched I enjoyed a good April Fool's Day walk from Burley in Wharfedale along the edge of moor to Ilkley.

This will have been my first exploration of this bit of the moor; I'd loosely set myself the challenge of walking various transects across Rombalds Moor to get to know it better.  It was fine and sunny for most of the day, a fierce snow squall set in as I was getting closer to Ilkley, so I took shelter in some rocks, possibly in Rocky Valley. That's where I came across this modern petroglyph - a serpent maze.  I've not stumbled across it since, although I've rarely been back along that route. 

Further images from the day, including more ancient rock art, are collated here.