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High Force

Date ... Sunday, 7 September 2008
Distance ... 4.0 miles
Ascent ... 360 feet
Time ... 1 hours 40 mins
Weather ... 18ºc, light winds, cloudy with some sunny spells and showers
Summits ... None
Start ... Bowlees Picnic Area, free car park (NY907282)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº31 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº92 (1:50,000)
Books ... Teesdale Walks by Paul Hannon (ISBN 1870141261)
If you want to read a more detailed account of this walk please use this link to visit my blog ...


Low Force - the river was really high after all of the recent heavy rain

Low Force - the river was really high after all of the recent heavy rain

Another view of Low Force, this one from the Wynch Bridge

Another view of Low Force, this one from the Wynch Bridge

Heading upstream towards High Force

Heading upstream towards High Force

It's only when the river is in spate like this that huge tree's are picked up by the current and moved downstream

It's only when the river is in spate like this that huge tree's are picked up by the current and moved downstream

High Force in full flood, a magnificent sight, its only when the river is very high that the water comes over the right hand side

High Force in full flood, a magnificent sight, its only when the river is very high that the water comes over the right hand side

A close up shot of High Force

A close up shot of High Force

I also took a couple of short video clips so that you can see the power of the water for yourself, in some circumstances, and especially this one, a still photo doesn't portray the whole image, the sound of water crashing over the falls was almost deafening.
The first clip is of Low Force and the second one is of High Force, I've reduced the quality of the video so that the file sizes are reasonable for downloading.