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MALHAM COVE – A YORKSHIRE BEAUTY MADE BY A HORSE WITH EIGHT LEGS

By on October 25, 2012 in Dales, Ice Age, J.M.W.Turner, Malham, Malham Cove, National Trust, Odin, Sleipnir, Tate Britain, Turner Contemporary, Yorkshire

Well, that’s one legend anyway – apparently the Norse god Odin was riding his horse Sleipnir, when one of the giant beast’s hooves caught on the rocks, creating the horseshoe-shaped cove that’s the pride of Malham village . A more scientific explanation is that Malham Cove was formed at the end of the last Ice [...]

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