12 March 2021 Photo Hunt - Look Up/Look Down

And it's Friday (again) so that must mean it's Photo Hunt time (again).  When I first saw the prompt, I was worried as I had no ideas.  Then my brain started to work and in the end it was so easy to find photos...  yes, whilst there are 2 prompts, there will be more than 2 photos....

Look Down

Whenever we go out for out local walk I always pause in various places (mostly bridges over our local watercourse) and other places.  So, put your boots on and come with me on a walk; it's dry, it's about 2 miles and it's not too hard (I don't do hard walking!).

First bridge for me to look down and see if there is anything

interesting to see; not on that day but a week previous

we saw 2 Goldcrests but they would not pose!

Next bridge; I do love its construction.

Looking down onto a shallow 'tough' with flowing water.  

I gather Moss likes to sit in this water.

A bit further on I'm looking down into a hole that last year held

water.  No idea what is happening here but we keep checking on it.

Next we look down into an old quarry.  For some reason

which we can't explain, we'd like to own such a place!

Lots of covids live down there.

Another view.  I like stone so perhaps it is that which 

appeals to me.

Getting closer to home now.  I somehow feel the arch

should be taller...

On the homeward stretch now; we often see ducks down there

but not today.  Years ago I saw a Spotted Flycatcher there.

Back home now and I'm at the end of our garden, looking

down onto the watercourse that has featured in the earlier

photos.  That rotten branch fell off last year and lucky

for me it fell onto the banking and not into the water as otherwise

I would have felt obliged to retrieve it.  A lot of people

treat this watercourse as a place to dump 

their gardening waste....  grrrr

I've zoomed in to the white mark; this gives us an idea

as to how high the water gets.  One day I'd like

to get down there and mark it with height markers!

On Boxing Day 2015 the water was just over the 

top of the white mark....  

I hope you liked your walk and do feel free to join me as I'm about to have a coffee and a small piece of cake...

Finally on a drive out through the Dales in October 2013

I noticed a 'water fountain' down in the valley.  You can just see

a 'pipe' running down from the top left corner. 

Look Up

Up at our fields (January 2006) and I heard a 

familiar noise.   It soon floated away and must have

landed elsewhere.

Looking up at a huge Christmas wreath that has been

displayed on this balcony for several years now.

I wonder where they keep it when it's not needed?

Walking by the canal in Skipton and I looked up in wonder as

a Virginia Creeper made its way along the pipe.

Must return this year to see how far it's got!

Looking up the path, part of the Pennine Way.

Beloved has walked it twice and I have done a

few local parts of it.

My eye was initially caught by the Moustache cloud (also

known as a horseshoe vortex cloud) and then I noticed 

the canopy of a land kite up on the Recreation ground.  

Click here to read more about these unusual clouds.

Looking up at the central pier of Ribblehead viaduct.

As soon as we are permitted we will head over to see it,

our favourite run out.  At the moment it is undergoing

a major restoration project; click here to read about this.

Finally, my favourite photo of today's post; the Tawny owl I

called Boris; he would sit on this branch near my study

window in our previous house.  I was able to go outside

with my camera and take plenty of photos on many occasions.  

When we moved here 6 years ago, sadly we could not bring

him with us!  I do hear owls here but have only seen one, 

on the first evening we stayed here.

I bet you are glad you've reached the end of my photos.  I could have gone on and on but .....  

Anyway, as usual, click here to return to Hawthorn's post; that's where I'm off to next, to see your interpretation of this week's phrases.

Bye!