As part of the 99 Red Skies project I planning to try and visit as many new locations as possible to get the shots. I'd been thinking about the 'Cleveland Hills' which form the northern escarpment of the North Yorkshire Moors as a possible location. So after perusing the maps I thought Carlton Bank was going to be a good spot. Now the moors may not be that high, reaching a modest 400 metres, but it's the fact that they rise straight up from the flat Vale of York which gives them commanding views across the surrounding countryside. On a clear day you can see Cross Fell, the highest point on the Pennines, which is about 65 miles away. One of the plus points about going up to Carlton Bank is that you can drive and park up close to the 300 metre level. This means a relatively short but steep walk up to the summit cairn. As I'd not photographed from up there before I wanted to give myself a little extra time to scout out a few locations before the sun set. I was hoping to find a spot just down off the tops amongst the small sandstone outcrops that run along the edges of the moors. Most of the them are quite small maybe only a couple of metres high, but they would be nice with the warm orange light of the setting sun on them. The visibility was superb from up there, so things were looking promising for a nice sunset. The only negative was the bitterly cold westerly wind that was howling across the tops. Luckily I managed to find a relatively sheltered spot amongst the rocks to set the camera up. It was still freezing sitting up there waiting for the sun to start setting, but I'd taken a big flask of coffee up with me which helped keep me warm. All was going well until a band of low cloud drifted slowly down over the Pennines, which blocked out the sun before it actually set. So I didn't end up getting the shots I wanted, which was a little disappointing, but I know from past experience, patience is the virtue of the landscape photographer. It could take several trips back up here to get the exact shot I'm after, hopefully not though! I was still quite hopeful of getting a nice colourful sky for my project, as there was plenty of high level ice clouds, which would get the light as the sun went over the horizon. By now I was getting really cold, so rather than sitting still and waiting for the colour to develop I decided to warm up by walking over to the old glider station which was about 1/2 a mile away. It was a bit spooky walking around the ruins of the old hangers and buildings by myself. Especially with the wind howling like it was, I really jumped once when a a door blew shut in the wind behind me! As I'd thought the sky turned out really colourful with various shades or oranges, reds, blues and some purples for good measure. So that was red sky nº 12 photographed, only another 87 to go!