Catrigg Force waterfall

“They say that people who live next to waterfalls don’t hear the water”
Jonathan Safran Foer

“I think every big town should contain artificial waterfalls that people can descend in very fragile canoes, and they should contain bathing pools full of mechanical sharks. Any person found advocating a preventive war should be condemned to two hours”

– Bertrand Russel

A few more shots taken at the waterfall visit the other day.  They were all shot with a tripod with very long exposures (more than five seconds), to get the blurred quality to the water.  Bigger versions are available if you click on them!

“I beg your pardon, Owl, but I th-th-th-think we coming to a fatterfall… a flutterfall… a very big waterfall!” – Piglet

In peace.

Early morning waterfall fun

Dent… but wait a second, Greenbelt too!

Happy weekends are becoming fairly common experiences at the moment – last weekend a big group went up to Dent, in North Yorkshire, for a relaxing weekend of swimming, eating, chatting, meditating, walking, waterfalls… the good things in life! My favourite in this set is the last one, of our friend John climbing back down a waterfall he’d scaled.

But wait a second – I’ve just realised how long it’s been since I posted!  Here are some photos from Greenbelt, a big lovely arts festival held on Cheltenham Race Course.  The big musical highlight was 72 year old Mavis Staples – “No I won’t turn around!” – but Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies were an unexpected surprise as well, I love it when a band makes you smile just because they’re smiling so much.In peace.

Wild camping

There’s something pretty special about heading off, not knowing exactly where you’re going, with a tent, a sleeping bag and a great big group of friends. The only thing you really know is that you’re going to find somewhere special and you’ll come home tired and stinking of wood smoke but happy, as if your “soul’s been given a massage”.  Happy times!

If you look in the water here and think to yourself “That’s funny, that looks like a lens cap”, you might not be wrong……

This is Lumb Falls, near (as in, an hour and a half walk from…) Hebden Bridge, a stunning place to swim if you can handle the cold, unlike me!

So you might be sick of macro shots of bugs, but I’m not.  This critter came to visit while I was writing my diary this morning.