Wednesday 15 October 2014

Upper Teesdale (Pennine Way)

Sign board at entry to the nature reserve

The Wynch suspension bridge over the Tees - the oldest in England dating from 1704 for miners to cross to go to the Durham lead mines. The present bridge dates from 1850.

Looking down stream from the bridge

Looking up stream

Note the inscription "A wonderful place to be a walker"  I couldn't agree more"!


 Low Force waterfall on the River Tees

.....self explanatory sign board

High Force waterfall on the Tees

"The greatest water fall in the country" (Wainwright) 

A  21m(70ft) drop off a dolerite rock cliff  

Above the falls all is calm again 

Dine Holm Scar quarry - the only working quarry left of the 85 mile River Tees

Climbing higher.......

........and higher up Teesdale

Zooming in on Wheysike House at the confluence of the River Tees and Harwood Beck

 ditto

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