BLUE SKY! (06/02/10)

An infrequent occurrence is a cloudless sky but none the less very welcome. Yesterday we came back to The Old Hill pub. We arrived in rain and retreated to the bar. This morning I arose to be greeted by a heavy frost but bright sunshine. Decided to investigate the river  Doe, like many small rivers in limestone country the water comes and goes, one minute flowing along the surface the next disappearing down a pot hole. At one stage I could hear the water rushing beneath my feet, a little eerie!

   Not a breath of wind, the river Doe with Whernside in the background. This image is flipped horizontally,

   Here it is emerging from one of many subterranean passages.

    A crisp start, a blessing after yesterday’s enthusiastic indulgence in the falling down water.

                   I like these old barns, just as well as every other field seems to have one.

     This little tributary is Haws Gill Wheel, a rather elaborate title for such a tiny stream.

The weather still holding I decided to walk across the valley and retake some pictures of Braithwait Wife Hole as the previous effort was a disaster.

   

    Both the above are multiple exposures blended with Photomatix HDR software and whilst an improvement on the last effort are still far from perfect. There are a few of these scattered around and they are pre glacial sink holes.

    Ingleborough again HDR processed from five exposures.

A perfect end to a perfect day. We are stopping here tomorrow then moving on, not sure quite where. I’ll see what the weather is doing.