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Linton Falls, near Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales

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Linton Falls, near Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales - Lemmy.world

Here, a prehistoric seismic shift in the earth will have uplifted some of the limestone in the river bed higher than the rest, creating these cascades and limestone platforms.

Oct 1, 2023 at 11:32amWeb
Show threadPimastrOct 1, 2023
There’s no way “Grassington” is a real place right? Right?!
Show threadgnutrinoOct 1, 2023
Sure, it’s in between Kettlewell, Blubberhouses, Giggleswick and Wigglesworth. (No, really)
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Show threadhexualOct 1, 2023
GNUtrino is bag on. The village used to be recorded as Gherinstone, Garsington, or Gersington. It’s a mix of Old Norse and Old English, meaning something like “the town with the grassy ings” (an “ing” is a dialect term for a meadow near a river).
Show threadJonCOct 1, 2023
Fun fact. The river that these falls are on turns into the infamous Bolton Strid a little further south.
Bolton Strid

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

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