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Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile (two-kilometre) stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village Aysgarth. The falls are quite spectacular after heavy rainfall as thousands of gallons of water cascade over the series of broad limestone steps, which are divided into three stages: Upper Force, Middle Force and Lower Force.
The falls are an SSSI.
Aysgarth Falls have attracted visitors for more than 200 years, including John Ruskin, J. M. W. Turner and William Wordsworth, all of whom enthused about the falls' outstanding beauty. The falls were created when meltwater from the Ice Age that had been held back by a terminal moraine spilled down over the area and eroded the boulder clay and the bedrock limestone underneath. The falls drop 200 feet (61 m) over a half-mile section of the river.
The Falls are situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. There is a visitors' centre with an exhibition, information, items for sale, a café, toilets and a pay-and-display car park.
There are public footpaths through the wooded valley, offering views of the river and falls. Wild flowers appear in the spring and summer, for example snowdrops in January and February, primroses in April and bluebells in May, and birds, squirrels and deer may also be seen. Occasionally salmon can be seen leaping up the falls in autumn. Nearby is St Andrew's Church, which reputedly has the largest churchyard in England. The church has a medieval painted wooden screen rescued from the destroyed Jervaulx Abbey.
The name originates from Old Norse and means the open space in the oak trees.
All three falls were featured in the films Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and they were featured on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the North.
Exploring British Columbia.
I came across this abandoned log cabin about 20 kilometres from the nearest community on a local forest service road. Judging by the surroundings, there may not have been road access in the area when it was built. Perhaps built by a trapper who walked many kilometres on a narrow trail to get to it. It's in a nice setting as there is a small stream and lake nearby and appears someone was there recently.
My take on this classic window into Bath shot... Taken early morning, loving the spring tones
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Brockton Point Lightstation
Stanley Park
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
A Stanley Park showpiece.
A number of ship collisions in the waters around the point led to the construction of a lighthouse and signaling station at Brockton Point. For a time, Brockton Point had a lighthouse keeper, who served for 25 years starting in 1855 and is credited for having saved 16 people from drowning. The present day lighthouse tower with an automatic light was built in 1914. It was designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson, who also constructed the lifeboat house located below the point and other Stanley Park landmarks.
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Vancouver Photowalk ( group outing )
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This shot shows Maughold covered in a shroud of eerie Winter sea mist which rolled in over Maughold church yard and its surrounding fields, providing a very spooky yet serene atmosphere. I always love shooting fog and mist as these conditions just add so much extra va-va-voom to a landscape scene. Sadly, conditions like this don’t occur all that regularly and when they do I often tend to be in work unable to capture them.
As soon as I clocked the coastal mist which fortunately in this case coincided with a day off, my first instinct was to head to Maughold, as I have a bit of an obsession with that corner of the Island at the moment. Quite often with coastal mist if you gain a bit of altitude you’ll get above it and that’s exactly what I did by climbing up Maughold Head. Gaining altitude allows you to shoot amazing scenes of the fog surreally swirling round landscape features almost creating islands in a sea of cloud. I’m really pleased with the final image as it’s a shot I’ve wanted to get for a few years now.
Early autumn down at the Murray River. Aspens have a stronghold all through the Murray River valley, so this area does get colorful in autumn. The high altitude cirrus clouds are typical during the fall season in the mountains.
The road to Moraine Lake early on fine autumn morning.
Autumn is my primary image hunting season. I'll be away having fun for the next 6 weeks.
Starting off with a trip to explore British Columbia!
Below is the same view only taken at sunset.
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