StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: waf

waf - tunnel ?

waf - tunnel ?

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 49
Spotted this feature as we returned to the car. Not at all sure what it is ! More likely to be a lime kiln, although the area below looks to be a "hush" , in which case, it could be an adit / lead mine. The OS Map I consulted isn't detailed enough at the scale I looked at - will investigate further ...
waf[25]/bri[25] - Crossgill bridge

waf[25]/bri[25] - Crossgill bridge

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 70
This sturdy stone bridge - single arch - crosses the River South Tyne gorge at Crossgill.
waf - pine cones

waf - pine cones

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 1 44
just over the fence I spotted this small pile of pine cones - it wasn't the only one !
waf - confluence

waf - confluence

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 56
Thanks to the lack of rain, these two streams were difficult to see in such low flow conditions. The River South Tyne enters from the top and Ash Gill [beck] joins from the left ... A slightly larger River South Tyne leaves to the right ...
waf - Ashgill Force

waf - Ashgill Force

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 48
Someone standing behind the falling water ...
waf - oooh, an orchid

waf - oooh, an orchid

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 51
Looking at my copy of Keeble-Martin, I think that is an example of Orchis fuchsii / Dactylorhiza fuchsii - but I could be wrong. There was a decent sized clump of them a little further alongside the path, however, I wasn't too keen on getting any closer to the edge - it was a long drop onto rocks.
waf[25] - Ash Gill Force

waf[25] - Ash Gill Force

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 1 49
Ash Gill Force, being quite gentle today, thanks to the lack of recent rainfall. The arch above and behind carries the B6277, which links Alston & Middleton-in-Teesdale.
waf[25]/bri[25] - lower cascade {3 of 3}

waf[25]/bri[25] - lower cascade {3 of 3}

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 62
One of the lower cascade series, a little way below the main force, on Ashgill Beck [Ash Gill], before it gets to the River South Tyne. The plant with the white / cream flower spike is meadowsweet. You cross over using this bridge and climb a little way further up to the main Force, just visible under the road bridge in the distance.
waf - lower cascade {2 of 3}

waf - lower cascade {2 of 3}

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 54
One of the lower cascade series, a little way below the main force, on Ashgill Beck [Ash Gill], before it gets to the River South Tyne. There's quite a deep pool at the base of this one.
waf - lower cascade {1 of 3}

waf - lower cascade {1 of 3}

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 1 53
One of the lower cascade series, a little way below the main force, on Ashgill Beck [Ash Gill], before it gets to the River South Tyne.
waf - was walls

waf - was walls

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 4 7 104
This heap of stones used to be the sharp corner where two walls joined. Couldn't decide if it had been a barn, another type of building. or just field walls.
waf - foxgloves

waf - foxgloves

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 65
Patch of foxgloves growing under the trees. There's a deep gorge - River South Tyne - hiding in the shade under the trees.
waf[25]/bri[25] - bridge over tiny tributary

waf[25]/bri[25] - bridge over tiny tributary

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 57
To me, those look suspiciously like very old railway sleepers - the four holes corresponding to the bolts for the chair that held the rail. They form a remarkably solid bridge over a tiny trickle of water making it's way into the South Tyne - which is just to the side in a deep gorge.
waf - River South Tyne

waf - River South Tyne

StoneRoad2013
13 Jul 2025 44
A deep and narrow gorge eroded by the River South Tyne, as seen from Crossgill Bridge. [flowing away from the camera, so looking roughly North West, having looked at the OS Map] The twigs are the upper branches of the remains of a tree jammed into the rocks just past the bridge.