The Hollow

Sooner or later all visitors to Blacka arrive at The Hollow. It's a sheltered spot surrounded by slightly higher ground and trees thus offering some protection from keen winds. For this reason it's a tempting place to linger on certain days in the year.

Running through is the stream, often only a trickle in drier periods, but a raging torrent on mornings after a deluge in the night.

The waters disappear to the east.......

Those who want to see where it goes can wander through the trees to come to the top of the plunge down into Blacka Dyke. This also is a thrilling spot after heavy rain.

The only serious eyesore in the area is the powerline thoughtlessly routed through here many years ago.

Just to the side of The Hollow is a small grove of trees planted by The Ramblers in the 1970s.

This can be lovely in autumn.