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Continuing with the winter theme (still), and another rare dabble into waterfalls for me, first outing for this image from last year.
Catrigg Force is found a short distance from the village of Stainforth, just north of Settle, where there is a National Park car park. From the same car park it is also only a short walk to Stainforth Force - another dramatic waterfall.
Two stacked images: one at 0.3s for the waterfall and one at 1/400s to freeze any motion in the foliage.
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Rail Force One reed in de ochtend van 25 oktober een lege kolentrein van Kijfhoek naar de Houtrakpolder. Hier was het aan de 6702 om de wagens naar de van Rietlanden te brengen. De machine heeft sinds kort het Locon-oranje ingeruild grijze RFO kleurstelling.
Wain Wath means wagon ford and is one of the many spectacular waterfalls in the upper Swaledale valley near Keld.
Even at the end of a long winter there are so many beautiful views in this earth. Love this falls in County Durham the walkway to the base is beautifully laid out and makes this falls accessible to most.
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"Force" is local dialect for "falls", (derived from the Norse "Foss") and does not reflect the power of the river. These are the lower major falls on the river Tees, 2 miles below High Force. The water really did look this black & oily !
Kisdon Force consists of two waterfalls, this one and the one in the background..
These photo's are all off an old back up hard drive, none of these photo's have been processed before. At the time of taking I took many shots, trying different settings, I posted some and others have just stayed dormant on my back up hard drive..
This is the upper Falls on Whitfield Beck and it was a real struggle to get to this point. The gorge is wooded, narrow and full of fallen trees. It was also very wet so the water levels were very high too, making headway up to this point difficult. Anyway, having made it here to see these majestic falls, there were very few uncluttered vantage points to take an image of them. Plus as you can probably make out the spray was pretty widespread and keeping the lens clean was an issue.
In the end I settled with this view and decided to cut my losses and head back down. This meant slithering down this steep leaf covered slope to the beck and retracing my obstacle course back down to the middle falls were the route became easier again.
Cotter Force is one of the better known waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales and is found on Cotterdale Beck not far upstream from where it flows into the River Ure in upper Wensleydale.
Cotter Force is actually made up of six separate drops, each drop wider than the one above. This is a view of the lower section from the side.
An active thunderstorm cell bears down on the Uinta Basin west of Fantasy Canyon. I was hoping for some luck with a catch of the frequent lightning, but it was not to be. The foreground formation is the remnant of material washed in from mountains to the east. These deposits formed more resistant sandstones that remained as the softer silts and mudstones eroded away. As noted in an earlier post, a native American tradition suggests the formations resulted from demons which emerged from the underworld with a plot to take over the surface world. Their plan was thwarted by the north god who sent snow and cold weather that froze the demons, leaving them in strange contorted shapes forever.
A combination of a low pressure ridge, causing high winds and large onshore swells, and the highest tide of the month, made for a coastal battering at Porthleven on Thursday evening.
The Cornwall tourist board advert said "visit Cornwall for the Spring Bank Holiday week and celebrate the Jubilee on the beach"....fat chance of that!
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I was quite surprised when my brother told me that that this waterfall was nearby given that there'd been no indication of it save for a stream which you could see on the other side of the road but which didn't appear to amount to much. I was astonished therefore when I looked over the bridge and saw this below me! You can see the arch of the bridge at the top of frame which gives you an idea as to how dep this gorge is. An amazing place and well worth the short walk to get to the river.
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The Falls and Cotterdale Beck
Cotterdale Beck has several other smaller falls in its course before joining the Ure, but Cotter Force is the largest. The force is not visible from the road, but it takes only a short walk to reach it. It comprises a series of six steps each its own small waterfall with the largest single drop being about 5 feet (1.5 m). The force is narrower at 13 feet (4 m) at the top widening to 43 feet (13 m) at the bottom. A short path allows easy access from the A684 near Holme Heads Bridge approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Hawes.
After the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust carried out an upgrade to its footpath, Cotter Force is now accessible to wheelchair users and less mobile visitors.
Force of Nature - Steam Rocket Bike
Steam Rocket Bike
Steam Rocket Bike
'Force of Nature' is a steam powered 'Rocket' motorcycle built for drag racing, record breaking, exhibitions and events. It uses the latent energy of super-heated pressurised water released through De laval nozzles, where it turns to steam and creates the thrust to propel the bike forwards.
The design brief was to create a Rocket bike like no other: Build quality to rival THE BEST, as well as unique green credentials. No proprietary motorcycle parts were to be used unless they were deemed un-improvable! The idea was to build a steam powered Rocket bike with a potential speed of 200+mph, which had never been achieved before.
Chief designer and engineer Graham Sykes has been involved in straight-line motorsport since 1979. Graham has worked on many prestigious projects including six years as race engineer for Vauxhall's championship winning British and European Touring Car Team, engineer and key team member for the 'Firestorm' jet powered dragster and is currently part of the engineering team working on '52 Express', a world land speed record motorcycle.
Thornton Force is one of the most popular waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales and the finest of the many waterfalls seen on the Ingleton Waterfalls Walk. Dropping 46ft over a limestone cliff, Thornton Force is a stunning sight when it bursts in to view. Situated in an open air rocky ampitheatre Thornton Force is more than just an impressive waterfall. It is partly formed from rocks over 300 million years old. Indeed there are number of layers to the rock behind the falls and it is possible, within the span of one hand to measure over 170 million years of geological evolution.
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(One does not simply walk into this tunnel again without taking a picture (again).... )
A little trip today to Scale Force near Buttermere. With a single 170ft drop followed by a further two 20ft drops Scale Force is considered the highest Waterfall in the Lake District.
Wordsworth described it as ‘a fine chasm, with a lofty, though but slender, fall of water’.
A typical cliché shot of the falls up at Ulswater. Trying to get this shot amongst the hordes of tourists bouncing up and down on the viewing platform taking selfies whilst trying to take a long exposure was slightly irritating to say the least. Well it was my 50th birthday so I'm allowed to be a bit grumpy!! :)
High force waterfall in the teesdale valley, probably the most impressive falls in england, thanks for looking
Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk1 N3200 G-CFGJ QV RAF 19 Squadron
Built at Vickers Armstrong Southampton in 1939 it was issued to No. 19 Squadron who were based at RAF Duxford in 1940
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire UK 20th June 2021 One of Duxford's Flying day shows
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