High up, on one of the many rocky outcrops that run along the edge of the Wharfe valley between Addingham and Ilkley, crouches a howling wolf.
Photo borrowed from the Ilkely Gazette website:
Legend (in the form of the Ilkely Gazette) has it that he just appeared one day with no owner, no one to take credit for their masterpiece and not even a fresh footprint in the peat. One can only conclude that he was either deposited by a helicopter with a precision aim, or that perhaps he's a ghost, frozen on the edge of the crag as the wind changed direction? His positioning close to the edge of the forest on the mysterious Rombald's Moor; home of many a Yorkshire fable including magical creatures, witches, ghosts and giants does indeed support this theory. As does the fact that wolves once roamed this area? I discovered him on a run, so I only managed to capture him on my phone (with dreadful reflection on the screen) but vow to return to the crag on a summers evening with my DSLR to take some better ones!
