Aysgarth Falls

Aysgarth Falls is a well-known beauty spot half a mile from the village of Aysgarth in Wensleydale.
In the 1930s, the days before river pollution, local people as children told me they used to go to the middle falls at Aysgarth to watch the salmon leaping up the falls to spawn.

Middle Falls

Middle Falls close-up

Lower Falls

Lower Falls close-up

Aysgarth Falls 1927

the Smithson family and friends out for a paddle.