The state of waterways in this country, and the sheer greed and arrogance of the companies tasked with managing, is abhorrent. There is no way that water should've ever been privatised in England. Water as a resource is a natural monopoly.
Well, thank you very much!
A large part of the Yorkshire Dales is comprised of limestone. Limestone kinda dissolves a bit in water and acid rain, so when the water runs through the cracks and joints in the limestone, it can create cool slabs called "clints" separated by deep fissures known as "grikes" or "grykes".
The Great Ridge, towards Back Tor, in the Peak District, England.
Thanks! This is a single exposure from a 210mm zoomed in composition. I saw the band of light hitting the distant house and moorland, with the Storr in deep shadow due to the storm above, so nabbed it quick as I could.
And that's precisely why I shot it! Thank you!
It’s about a 60-foot drop. All the plants are bracken, which turns a lovely rusty hue in the autumn.
That’s very nice of you to say! Ta very much!
Totally. Become a firm favourite of mine when visiting Skye.
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Well the UK has been getting increasingly warmer in the last few years, which has often been accompanied by extended periods of dry weather. The Lake District in Cumbria typically receives most of the rainfall that comes across the Atlantic to these isles, but we've had a lot of summers recently where it didn't rain for months. This July, by contrast, has been very wet and cool.
Today I learnt!
Yup, Lancashire.
That’s basically what was happening!
Naw, it’s on private land. Not allowed.
Aye, well for July what seems to have happened is that wave after wave of low pressure systems have been dropping lower across the Atlantic, crashing into Britain, and pushing high pressure systems further south into southern Europe, where they've been experiencing record-breaking high temperatures.
The “forest” with regards to this place is actually the older meaning of the word, a “royal hunting ground”.
Ta! Aye, felt a bit weird seeing the leaves and fern change into their rusty hues, but then also being subject to 25ºC heat.
GNUtrino is bag on. The village used to be recorded as Gherinstone, Garsington, or Gersington. It's a mix of Old Norse and Old English, meaning something like "the town with the grassy ings" (an "ing" is a dialect term for a meadow near a river).
Yeah it's absolutely crackin' anywhere up there!
Thanks! Yeah there were a lot of folk taking sneaky snaps of that Ferrari.
This was also exactly why I moved away from Spotify.
Ah that’s Nethermostcove Beck, which tumbles down the side of Eagle Crag. Thanks!
You’re exactly. Sunlight was scanning across the moorland, so I had to be quick.
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Ah, your shot is taken from Elgol on the Strathaird peninsula, north of where my image is from (on the Sleat peninsula). Lovely moody conditions! Skye’s beautiful no matter what.
I am not. I hadn’t heard of it tbh.
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Thank you!
Oh aye, the ruins of Dun Scaich castle. Totally agree, an ancient place; you feel it in your bones.
Yes indeed!
Thanks very much! Those cliffs are something else.
Essentially the boulders are reminiscent of actual cheese press stones, or tethering stones. Here's one on eBay, as a reference.
Maybe I should’ve photoshopped a little can of beans on one of the boulders or something…
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There’s not been trees here for 500+ years. The Forest of Bowland is mostly peat bog and heather moorland interspersed with gritstone formations.
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There's casinos in Auckland, NZ?
This has got Steve McCurry vibes about it. Dig it.
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Thanks! Sorry to hear that something seems off for you. There's no tilt-shift; this was shot zoomed in at f/11 for sharpness throughout. Saturation has actually been turned down as well, as the greens in all the foliage were really popping.