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| Sign board at entry to the nature reserve |
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| 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. |
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| Looking down stream from the bridge |
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| Looking up stream |
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| Note the inscription "A wonderful place to be a walker" I couldn't agree more"! |
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| Low Force waterfall on the River Tees |
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| .....self explanatory sign board |
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| High Force waterfall on the Tees |
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| "The greatest water fall in the country" (Wainwright) |
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| A 21m(70ft) drop off a dolerite rock cliff |
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| Above the falls all is calm again |
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| Dine Holm Scar quarry - the only working quarry left of the 85 mile River Tees |
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| Climbing higher....... |
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| ........and higher up Teesdale |
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| Zooming in on Wheysike House at the confluence of the River Tees and Harwood Beck |
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| ditto |
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