The Rendezvous
Another product from Wednesday night's trip down the Devil's Pulpit gorge. The river Carnach at this point flows through a deep gorge for 500 metres carved through the Old Red Sandstone. In places it is c100' deep. This image produced by merging several photos each a 30sec exposure with a separate element of lighting: 1 &2 for silhouettes (mine, I was alone), 3 underwater torch trail and 4 & 5 side wall uplighting.
Nowadays, people often refer to the gorge itself as the Devil's Pulpit. But that name originally referred specifically to a feature within it, a particular rock that could be imagined to be a pulpit. It's still there right behind where this photo was taken.
OS book on place names: "Deil's Pulpit: this name is applied to a rock, situated in a very deep chasm on Carnock Burn. The origin of the name is not known. The rock cannot be seen unless when the waters of the stream are very low"
Iain C Lees in "The Campsies and the Land of Lennox" (published 1933), says:
"Down in the channel is the Devil's Pulpit, whither he was wont to go when he had anything of importance to say to those of his minions who lived in this area. A long flight of stairs leads to the channel, and when you are there you feel remote from the world. Only the moon is required to produce the most weird and awesome effect."
The Rendezvous
Another product from Wednesday night's trip down the Devil's Pulpit gorge. The river Carnach at this point flows through a deep gorge for 500 metres carved through the Old Red Sandstone. In places it is c100' deep. This image produced by merging several photos each a 30sec exposure with a separate element of lighting: 1 &2 for silhouettes (mine, I was alone), 3 underwater torch trail and 4 & 5 side wall uplighting.
Nowadays, people often refer to the gorge itself as the Devil's Pulpit. But that name originally referred specifically to a feature within it, a particular rock that could be imagined to be a pulpit. It's still there right behind where this photo was taken.
OS book on place names: "Deil's Pulpit: this name is applied to a rock, situated in a very deep chasm on Carnock Burn. The origin of the name is not known. The rock cannot be seen unless when the waters of the stream are very low"
Iain C Lees in "The Campsies and the Land of Lennox" (published 1933), says:
"Down in the channel is the Devil's Pulpit, whither he was wont to go when he had anything of importance to say to those of his minions who lived in this area. A long flight of stairs leads to the channel, and when you are there you feel remote from the world. Only the moon is required to produce the most weird and awesome effect."