Crossing The Stones
Saturday Self Challenge 06/10/2018 ---- Diagonal
Well this was a challenge , soon as I saw the challenge for this week The Stepping Stones at Westhumble on the River Mole got into my mind and I could not think of anything else to take . I have taken shots here before over the years including a timed shot like this , sometimes when the stones were just not there being under water during flood times .The stones make a nice diagonal across the shot although not corner to corner . Even for the challenge I am not wading into the river with camera and tripod as I am perched on the edge as it is !!! Well I did not have to wait long for someone to cross and the young lady in black - , well when I looked at the shot she was just not there other than a ghostly foot on one of the stones !!!!
Not long to wait and another couple of walkers came along and having changed the speed from 2 seconds to 1.6 seconds seemed to do the trick ! I even had a superb electric blue flash pass by but only had a chance to glimpse it let alone even think about the camera !! Darn , another missed kingfisher .
The North Downs Way crosses the river at Box Hill via seventeen hexagonal stepping stones, which are frequently submerged after heavy rainfall. The current stones were dedicated in September 1946 by the then Prime Minister Clement Attlee, replacing those destroyed during the Second World War as an anti-invasion measure.The location is popular with anglers and families, but swimming is strongly discouraged as the water is polluted in places. The stones give their name to the pub in the nearby village of Westhumble.
When the Burford Bridge was rebuilt in 1937, excavations revealed a "flint-surfaced approach to a ford at low level having all the signs of Roman workmanship" suggesting that Stane Street (which ran from London to Chichester via Dorking) crossed the river at this point. In Defoe's time, there was a footbridge at this point, but carts and waggons had to cross the river by a ford.
For sight and Sound -- From Slippery When Wet , Living On A Prayer . Well it sort of fits .
Crossing The Stones
Saturday Self Challenge 06/10/2018 ---- Diagonal
Well this was a challenge , soon as I saw the challenge for this week The Stepping Stones at Westhumble on the River Mole got into my mind and I could not think of anything else to take . I have taken shots here before over the years including a timed shot like this , sometimes when the stones were just not there being under water during flood times .The stones make a nice diagonal across the shot although not corner to corner . Even for the challenge I am not wading into the river with camera and tripod as I am perched on the edge as it is !!! Well I did not have to wait long for someone to cross and the young lady in black - , well when I looked at the shot she was just not there other than a ghostly foot on one of the stones !!!!
Not long to wait and another couple of walkers came along and having changed the speed from 2 seconds to 1.6 seconds seemed to do the trick ! I even had a superb electric blue flash pass by but only had a chance to glimpse it let alone even think about the camera !! Darn , another missed kingfisher .
The North Downs Way crosses the river at Box Hill via seventeen hexagonal stepping stones, which are frequently submerged after heavy rainfall. The current stones were dedicated in September 1946 by the then Prime Minister Clement Attlee, replacing those destroyed during the Second World War as an anti-invasion measure.The location is popular with anglers and families, but swimming is strongly discouraged as the water is polluted in places. The stones give their name to the pub in the nearby village of Westhumble.
When the Burford Bridge was rebuilt in 1937, excavations revealed a "flint-surfaced approach to a ford at low level having all the signs of Roman workmanship" suggesting that Stane Street (which ran from London to Chichester via Dorking) crossed the river at this point. In Defoe's time, there was a footbridge at this point, but carts and waggons had to cross the river by a ford.
For sight and Sound -- From Slippery When Wet , Living On A Prayer . Well it sort of fits .