Morning stroll over Hell Wath, the beautiful nature reserve, part of Ripon Camp which was one of the largest military camps in Europe.

Ripon Camp was a WW1 training camp accommodating 30,000 troops. An estimated 350,000 men passed through Ripon Camp during the course of the Great war. Ripon Camp (4 camps in total) had its own power station, a cinema, a post office and places of worship. It was the headquarters of 76 squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, then part of the British army. There were stables for 100 horses and a 670 bed hospital. Most supplies and troops were brought into the camp on a specially constructed narrow gauge railway. 

Now, the Hell Wath site is a stunning nature reserve bordering the River Skell. There are football pitches, open fields and wonderful river walks.