This is a popular spot locally, located on the edge of Ilkley Moor in Bradford but close enough to be a favourite day out for those Leeds, this outcrop sits high above Wharfedale above Ben Rhydding. This feature of millstone grit and a boulder next to it, the reason behind the name Cow and Calf, although is a little confusing to those who don’t know it, some trying to find the cows in the screen print.

Legend has it that Rombald (as in Rombald Moor) the giant was running from his angry wife and stamped on the rock as he jumped across the valley and split the rocks into the Cow and Calf. She was said to have dropped stones from her skirt and created The Skirtful of Stones

A favourite spot amongst West Yorkshire boulderers and climbers, and visitors for the amazing views across the landscape of the Wharfe Valley.

I spend a lot of time in Ilkley growing up so it’s become one of my personal favourites, along with exploring the moorland above. I wanted to depict a darker autumnal colour palette with oranges and deep greens.