Walk uphill from here in June to catch the bluebells, wood
anenome, cowslip, primrose, violet, lesser celandine, early
purple orchid, wood sorrell etc.
Feizor is about
22 miles from Grassington, somewhere between a hamlet
and a village, and is, for those interested in Ordnance
Survey maps, to be found at SD790677, between Austwick,
Giggleswick and Settle in the "Three Peaks"
sector of the Yorkshire Dales - but nicely hidden
from the A65.
It is a very old place. The name is apparently made
up of an Old Irish personal name "Fiach"
and the Old Norse word "erg", meaning "sheiling"
which itself can mean hut, small-holding, etc.. So
Feizor was in fact Fiach's Pad, and there is a house
in Feizor with the word "Sheiling" in it's
name.
Many of the houses, such as Old Hall Farm (on the
right as you enter Feizor), are extremely old (Elizabethan)
although this is not always obvious as there has been
a bit of a surge in renovation and conversion. This
seems to have happened particularly since the foot
and mouth epidemic and the subsequent (apparent) relaxation
of planning controls for barn conversions and the
like.
The video below, shows what it is like up above in
Wharfe Woods.
There are some curious lambs and lots of scenery
to take in ...
Enjoy!
