Looking down Swaledale from the Buttertubs (Yorkshire Dales)

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This was taken from the Hawes to Thwaite road, near the Buttertubs, with Swaledale in the distance.

The Buttertubs are a series of deep limestone 'shakeholes'. According to local folklore, many of them are bottomless, "and some are even deeper than that!"


All images © Dave Lawrance