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Hadrians Wall Day!
What a fabulous day! A few showers but nothing that meant we had to scurry off to find shelter and wait for the rain cloud to pass. We started at Allen Banks, the water heavy and frothy with peat. There are enough mini rapids and wiers to get lovely swirly abstracts in the water.
Some of my guests had compact cameras and we got round their limitations by placing quite a few filters in front of the lens to block out the light. Even though their cameras said yes I can go down to 1 second, in reality and in the light, it just wasn't possible. I sensed new camera thoughts were drifting through a few people's minds!
The Wall was very busy, though only busy in patches as walkers headed off in relays. Cawfields Quarry cat was found sauntering across the quarry wall, just keeping an eye on any leftovers!
After Cawfields, we headed to Steel Rigg where we had the best light even though it was mid-afternoon. Quite a few climbers on the rock, and was it Anthony Gormley or Hadrian standing on the top to the crag - no but it could have been.
A lot of the light was the 'stand and stare' variety, too far to effectively capture, a gift for the soul. We managed to persuade Hugh not to climb the tree and do his Kevin Costner impersonation whereupon a soliloquoy started "what did the romans ever do for us..........."!
Thanks for a great day!
Canoes and Paddling!
What a wonderful day we had yesterday in Swaledale. The weather forecast hadn't been too good on the BBC website, but who follows that anyway!
I wondered if it was going to be special as I passed Reeth and saw how the light was catching the hills. The fields and hillsides were a soft pastel green.
I try and get to the venue quite early, just so I can sneak a few shots of my own during the day. As I was driving, feeling excited about a day in Swaledale, I mean who doesn't, I noticed the back ledge of the car I was following.
Yes, it was Jill, one of my guests, who was trying to beat me to the venue!
It is the only time I hope it has been raining when I visit waterfalls.
And it had! Lots of lovely peaty gold and white water falling over the main falls where a week before the rocks were bare.
We also disturbed the campers who had pitched on the viewing platform and unfortunately they had used up the last of the bacon. No sarnies there then!
We spent the morning pottering around the falls, rocks, cascades, patterns, reflections and time flew by.
As we were having lunch, escaping for a while from the noise of the waterfalls, I espied a car with kayaks. And yes, you are right.
read what happened next ......
The rush for Swaledale Gold is over
The mad rush for the Swaledale gold around Muker Meadows is now over, the grasses have grown over the buttercups giving an antique gold sheen over the fields. What a brilliant year for the meadows though. At Crackpot looking down to the the end of the valley and from Angram back to Thwaite, the fields looked permanently sunlit.
I ran 3 free workshops in conjunction with the Yorkshire Dales Park Authority to help publicise the Hay Meadow Scheme and all the beauty that surrounds hay meadows.
We were treated to all weather types, rain, winds, gales, and boy was it cold. One of my guests was on holiday from Singapore, and when her hands turned blue we called it a day and retreated to the wonderful Muker cafe for tea and cakes.
Anyway back to the meadows. People thought I was joking when I said we get up close and personal but by the end of the afternoon I had to search the boundaries of fields, to spot heads just visible above the buttercups
read how we got up close and personal here......
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Hadrians Wall Day!
What a fabulous day! A few showers but nothing that meant we had to scurry off to find shelter and wait for the rain cloud to pass. We started at Allen Banks, the water heavy and frothy with peat. There are enough mini rapids and wiers to get lovely swirly abstracts in the water.
Some of my guests had compact cameras and we got round their limitations by placing quite a few filters in front of the lens to block out the light. Even though their cameras said yes I can go down to 1 second, in reality and in the light, it just wasn't possible. I sensed new camera thoughts were drifting through a few people's minds!
The Wall was very busy, though only busy in patches as walkers headed off in relays. Cawfields Quarry cat was found sauntering across the quarry wall, just keeping an eye on any leftovers!
After Cawfields, we headed to Steel Rigg where we had the best light even though it was mid-afternoon. Quite a few climbers on the rock, and was it Anthony Gormley or Hadrian standing on the top to the crag - no but it could have been.
A lot of the light was the 'stand and stare' variety, too far to effectively capture, a gift for the soul. We managed to persuade Hugh not to climb the tree and do his Kevin Costner impersonation whereupon a soliloquoy started "what did the romans ever do for us..........."!
Thanks for a great day!
Canoes and Paddling!
What a wonderful day we had yesterday in Swaledale. The weather forecast hadn't been too good on the BBC website, but who follows that anyway!
I wondered if it was going to be special as I passed Reeth and saw how the light was catching the hills. The fields and hillsides were a soft pastel green.
I try and get to the venue quite early, just so I can sneak a few shots of my own during the day. As I was driving, feeling excited about a day in Swaledale, I mean who doesn't, I noticed the back ledge of the car I was following.
Yes, it was Jill, one of my guests, who was trying to beat me to the venue!
It is the only time I hope it has been raining when I visit waterfalls.
And it had! Lots of lovely peaty gold and white water falling over the main falls where a week before the rocks were bare.
We also disturbed the campers who had pitched on the viewing platform and unfortunately they had used up the last of the bacon. No sarnies there then!
We spent the morning pottering around the falls, rocks, cascades, patterns, reflections and time flew by.
As we were having lunch, escaping for a while from the noise of the waterfalls, I espied a car with kayaks. And yes, you are right.
read what happened next ......
The rush for Swaledale Gold is over
The mad rush for the Swaledale gold around Muker Meadows is now over, the grasses have grown over the buttercups giving an antique gold sheen over the fields. What a brilliant year for the meadows though. At Crackpot looking down to the the end of the valley and from Angram back to Thwaite, the fields looked permanently sunlit.
I ran 3 free workshops in conjunction with the Yorkshire Dales Park Authority to help publicise the Hay Meadow Scheme and all the beauty that surrounds hay meadows.
We were treated to all weather types, rain, winds, gales, and boy was it cold. One of my guests was on holiday from Singapore, and when her hands turned blue we called it a day and retreated to the wonderful Muker cafe for tea and cakes.
Anyway back to the meadows. People thought I was joking when I said we get up close and personal but by the end of the afternoon I had to search the boundaries of fields, to spot heads just visible above the buttercups
read how we got up close and personal here......
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