Morning in Upper Teesdale

Such a good morning today so I headed up to the top end of Teesdale for a short walk with the dogs. Spring is definitely upon us and there is an abundance of wildlife in this remote part of the dale. Even as I crossed Cotherstone Moor there was a chance to snap a handsome Cock Grouse on his patch.

Further up the dale I took the chance to wander down to High Force. it gets busy later in the day but at this time we had it all to ourselves. Not much water tumbling over the Force, in fact I cant recall seeing it as low as this for ages.

As ever, its still an impressive sight.

The waterfalls of Teesdale

 It's not often that I get out walking with a group of other walkers but today was different. The impressive waterfalls here such as High Force, Low Force and Cauldron Snout often feature on the Wainwright Society Forum mostly posted by myself and Gary Richardson on his website mywainwrights. Consequently a few fellow members of the forum organised to come over to Teesdale and see some of these sights for themselves. We only did a couple of short walks but the weather was very favourable with some bright sunshine in between snow showers. We paid visits to Gibson's Cave, Low Force and of course High Force.
I think we may get to see return visits from some of these visitors.

More photos of the day are now on my website- click here.