#river ure

ISO100, ƒ/14, 1.2secs at 14mm (21mm full-frame equiv.) using a slim circular polariser (to reduce glare from the water) and a hard 2-stop ND grad filter (to darken the sky) stacked on my Sigma dp0 Quattro. This is a single exposure with additional blending help from a lighter and darker exposure. Processed in Sigma Photo Pro, edited in Photoshop.

River Ure @ Bainbridge.. by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The River Ure in North Yorkshire, England is approximately 74 miles long from its source to the point where it changes name to the River Ouse. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only major Dales now named after a village rather than its river The source of the river is Ure Head on Abbotside Common where it flows to the valley floor and along Wensleydale as far as Wensley. From here it flows past Jervaulx Abbey and then through Masham to Hackfall Woods near Grewelthorpe, before continuing through Ripon and then to Boroughbridge. The Ure is joined by the River Swale at Myton-on-Swale

Ragtag Saturday: A Tracery of Twigs It's equinox season: that blessed time of year when day equals night, and when, for us, the days are getting longer.

The Yore Mill & bridge, Aysgarth, Wensleydale (Explored) by Baz Richardson Via Flickr: The Yore Mill was originally built as a cotton mill by the Birkbeck family of Settle in 1784. It consists of two rows of cottages, the miller's house, stables, cart sheds, and a blacksmith shop. During its life the mill has been a woollen mill, a corn mill, a flax and cotton mill, and a stocking manufactury. George Staveley (b. 1774) of East Witton, was employed as the Millwright of Yore Mill, and is listed in the Transcript of the Entry of "Professions and Trades" for Aysgarth in Baines's Directory of 1823. In 1852 the Yore Mill sustained heavy damage in a fire, and was eventually closed and sold by auction later that same year. It was rebuilt in 1853 and operated until 1958 when the mill was used as a cattle food depot until it was purchased by Paul Brown in 1968. Part of the mill was sold to house the Yorkshire Carriage Museum which was opened the following year. The Yore Bridge is a highly ornamented bridge and was built much earlier than the mill, in 1539, rising 32 feet, and crossing the Ure river with a span of seventy-one feet. This bridge leads across the Ure to the Yore Mill situated on the edge of the river bank. The River Ure produces some of the finest waterfalls anywhere in England, called Aysgarth Force (from Fors, Norse for waterfall), Mossdale Fall, and Hardraw Fall. The view from the bridge across the falls is usually at its best during the early spring months before the surrounding trees obtain their spring foliage. Several veins of lead, and coal strata run through this region of Wensleydale. Source: www.staveley-genealogy.com/yore_mill.htm

From Masham to Marfield. And back. On Christmas day I posted a scene from our days living in the Ariège.  I felt very nostalgic for the Pyrenees, for snowy peaks silhouetted against clear blue skies, for cold clear air.