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©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Gayles residents obviously don't feel the need to name their streets after the places to which they lead, famous former residents, battles in which they fell, or any of the more traditional forms. With an almost American lack of imagination, we have West Street, Middle Street, East Street and Little Lane. West Street sports a green, mainly used for parking cars, and this group of houses overlook the green, facing west.
©Andy Waddington
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Grange in Gayles Village.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.6km<br/>Fields at Low Fields Farm.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.8km<br/>Ash trees in the foreground have long lost their leaves, but the oaks keep theirs much longer, providing autumn colour in Swinery Wood on the hillside between Dalton and Gayles.
©Andy Waddington
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©David Martin
Dist:0.9km<br/>Flats bank, the road from Gayles to Ravensworth.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.9km<br/>Looking south-southwest
©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.9km<br/>From [[[2179783]]], a short distance up the lane, a stile and footpath sign lie concealed by the hedge, but give access to what quickly becomes a well-defined track. West of Gayles Quarry (long abandoned) the track starts to descend between bracken-covered banks and passes between these two old gateposts. There is no sign of any wall or fence either side of them. Just beyond, the track splits and meets other tracks making the line of the footpath less than obvious, but the correct way seems to be a continued gentle descent. The path eventually reaches the northern edge of Park Wood - the deciduous woodland seen ahead, from where it descends to Gayles Hall at the top of Middle Street in Gayles. The coniferous woodland seen on the left horizon lies within the MoD Feldom Ranges, the edge of the danger area being at the top of the slope on the left of the photo.
©Andy Waddington
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©Hugh Mortimer
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©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:1.0km<br/>The minor road from Ravensworth up to Gayles and Kirby Hill runs parallel to Priest Gill which here runs in a steep wooded valley. The road is a good place for picking blackberries in the autumn, having a local population of brambles whose berries are composed of a relatively small number of large drupelets.
©Andy Waddington
Dist:1.0km east<br/>With a rainbow
©Alex McGregor
Dist:1.0km southwest<br/>This is the end of the road when the red flags are flying - to proceed further is an offence under the Feldom Range byelaws when the ranges are in use. Even on ski on top of the snow (part of the atmosphere, not the land) is not allowed, as one is not permitted to use the airspace below 945m above sea level (550m above the range's highest point).
©Andy Waddington
Dist:1.0km southeast<br/>Gayles Quarry, off to the right of this photo, appears to have been disused for a very long time, but the house retains the name Quarry House. The tiny road up to it soon leads to the edge of the Feldom Ranges, to which access is prohibited by byelaws when the range is in use, so there must be very little traffic up and down here. A footpath leading back to Gayles leads off the road on the right hand side just a short way beyond the house, though the stile and sign are set back in the hedge making them difficult to see until you are right opposite them.
©Andy Waddington

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