Wednesday, I was out trying to capture a sunrise, and possibly some redwing before they fly back home, but with the wind building up ready for the weekend, not much was out and about.
But I still gave the camcorder a long overdue airing, and you can hear the wind, which was gusting to about 16.4mph (26.39km/h or 14.25kts), F4; Moderate Breeze, oh, and it was a wee bit fresh, as you will see from the photos below.
A rather windy sunrise over Hay Wood,https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51884338077/
As many of you know, before my accident, I enjoyed getting out to some fabulous places and I've seen many fantastic sights. With the current weather, and with the new forum members, I thought I'd share an old video of a unique waterfall.
BTW, my advice for those who may have thoughts about visiting the waterfall, only if you are competent out on wild moors and hills with adequate weather gear, because it gets cold up there if something goes wrong. But you can enjoy this video in the comfort of your home, with a nice hot cuppa and the heating on.
Kinder DownfallOne of its finest moments, not a waterfall but a water lift!.The River Kinder starts on the Kinder plateau, and cascades down towards Kinder Reservoir, then onto the River Sett.https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/51865073746/in/album-72157641419651285/
Twas a bit fresh out...
And breezy, 16.4mh, F4 Moderate Breeze.
Mike
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Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
In reply to Seaman:
Wendy S said:Mike the first time I visited the Downfall i was leading a party from White Hall and the water was blowing uphill just like that, Some of the youngsters were a bit frightened at first but it was their first trip outside the back streets of Manchester so that was understandable
Its a fascinating area, and quite spectacular when the weather goes to its extremes. I've seen ice and rock climbing on the Downfall, and some very spectacular icicles...
Yes Mike I can quite imagine it having good ice in the right conditions. Here in the Dales we have some falls that, given the right conditions, are pretty good for teaching a bit of front pointing. Nothing on the scale of the great Scottish climbs but not too exposed for short days out.
In reply to Mike B:
In reply to Zo Clark:
Zo Clark said:That’s a really cooll water lift that looks like a waterfall that isn’t a waterfall. Iv never seen one before
Kinder Downfall faces south west, and faces the best of the prevailing winds. That day the wind was gusting up to 60mph from the SW, so no water had a chance of flowing downhill, just back up again, and the source isn't far away from the waterfall.
Zo Clark said:I know it’s abit off topic I went to Sumerset at 1 a few days ago and hoped to take pictures of some birds of prey cause I usually see them on the way there and back. And wondered if you would like to see them. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to I mainly got background photos, hills and birds but hope you don’t mind.
You can always share your photos here on the forum.
Probably one of the best threads if there's only a few, rather than say a day out, is the Odds and Sods 2022 thread HERE, That has been set up for those one or two photos, but not enough to need a dedicated thread.
If you look on Google Earth, you can see the lie of the land, and if you understand contours fully on Ordnance Survey maps, you can see how the wind is gradually scooped up and then squeezed into a gap, forcing the air to push the water back up.
The easiest way to demonstrate is if you have a garden hose pipe connected to an outside tap, turn the tap on full and squeeze the end, the water is forced through a narrower gap (and you can feel that force) making it more powerful and will travel further.
That is in-effect what happens to Kinder Downfall, but with wind rather than water.
Thanks. Sorry. I was rushing at the time I did the message. On Saturday I went on a journey to Somerset at 1 It takes 3 hours to get there and back. So it took long enough to take lots of photos of birds and birds of prey. Before I went I sent a message to say im going to Somerset and that I normally get pictures of birds of prey on the way there and back and if you would like to see the pictures of the birds of prey when iv sent them I was exspecting to get some pictures of birds of prey on the way to Somerset since I usually manage to get photos of them even on a cloudy day. but the thing is I didn’t have any pictures of birds of prey to send in the end which was what I was mainly takeing pictures of.
So cause I didn’t manage to get any birds of prey I deleated the message From Saturday and sent a message to say I know this is abit of topic but A few days ago I went to Sumerset at 1 and didn’t manage to get any birds of prey even though I usually get them and got other things instead and that I hope you don’t mind. In the message I meant I hope you don’t mind that I didn’t manage to get the photos of the birds of prey which is what I said I was going to send. Its actually unusual for me not to get them on camara I rarely miss being able to get birds of prey on camara cause I’m so good at takeing pictures of them and The pictures are usually clear even if there flying. I only saw a few birds of prey so didn’t get much opportunity’s to get pictures of them. I only saw two of them. And they popped up randomly in unexpected places.
No worries.
One thing I learned over the years, and was taught by many farmers I worked for back in the 70's, nature has its own agenda, and will not stand on parade for us, though you can entice (I usually carry a bit of bribery in the form of bird seed), and often they will appear, but not always.