Armstrong Vickers Wellington Mk.IC Z8808

Gouthwaite Moor: Wellington Z8808
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

Another day out above Pateley Bridge, but no electric blue skies this time. Snow, sleet, wind and rough underfoot, it was hard going.

Our main objective, the extensive Wellington wreckage on Gouthwaite Moor proved elusive once again, though you could have hidden much under the showdrifts.

We did however find this digger. We are resisting the urge to comment further about diggers.

We offer as a consolation details of a couple of local sites which have not yet been found by anyone.

Handley Page Halifax LL576

Gouthwaite Farm: Halifax LL576
Originally uploaded by wreckhunter

Up over the hill, past that farm somewhere lie the remains of a Canadian crewed Halifax bomber. No-one has yet found the wreck site.

Location: SE 130 686

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Pateley Bridge

We went over to Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire to look at some of the cluster of wreck sites around there yesterday.

We had a day of moderate success, starting with readily finding somewhere to get breakfast (four fried chickens and a coke for me, dry white toast for Mick) in Pateley Bridge.

Ten miles exactly, across mooorland very reminiscent of Bleaklow yielded two of the day's planned wreck sites, a Piper Cherokee and a Handley Page Halifax. The last one (a Wellington) probably eluded us, though we found a mystery bit.

We'll be back to clear this, and the dozen or so other sites we have in the surrounding area. It's a far better centre of operations than Ilkley.