Waxcaps and water walk at Winskill Stones

 Yesterday I had been on a training day on waxcaps with Clair and Steve Hindle and Sarah and Ann (Chair of Yoredale Nats) and  Alister  the manager of the land ..  It had rained very hard.

Today was a sunny afternoon so at 13.50 Doris and I parked at the Car park at Winskill Stones. We had intended to park at the opposite end of the nature reserve, but the road was flooded after yesterday's rain, so we stopped at the main car park.

Doris took the low road and I took the High Road (open field and bank searching for waxcaps). Doris is 93 and with her mobility walker shot off at a great rate of mph.

In the distance you can sea Smearsett Scar (left) and the foothills of Ingleborough and the quarry at Horton beyond.

All though this is a limestone area the ground is saturated with water after the heavy rain yesterday.

South of the road only revealed one - Cedarwood Waxcap

We approached the water - 

I marched through and took a photo of Doris waiting.

Doris waiting.

And Doris took a photo of me
- the water got up to about 6 inches deep.

We returned to the car  (there was not much waxcaps if any on the north side of the road, then decided to explore west, along the road towards Samson's toe.

THe grass in a tiny area next to the nature reserve is not grazed.
The grass is long and will be bad for waxcaps

Meadow Waxcap

Meadow Waxcap

Snowy Waxcap

Yellow Waxcap

Yellow Waxcap

Conical Waxcap=Blackening Waxcap

Mycena pura

Mycena pura

Back at the car park Doris was pretty cold - at least her hands were. 

We drove back towards Settle and I stopped about 200m before the corner at the top of Langcliffe Brow, and Doris stayed in the car. I expected to find plenty of waxcaps on the south (uphill) side here but roamed rapidly around and found none till I came back to the road again where I did find a Crimson Waxcap and a Yellow Waxcap.

I used these waxcaps that evening to make a small display at the Craven Conservation Group talk about Red Squirrels