#Upper Teesdale

[smellofwater]

Graham Vasey

My friend Graham Vasey is showing his work at Gallerina in Darlington. The exhibition opens at 11am on the 28th of October. It’ll be really good, get yourself there. So next Saturday (28th October) is going to be a lovely day here at the gallery, we are opening our long awaited exhibition rooms upstairs with a James Paterson exhibition and we are also holding a Graham Vasey photography…

[thesilicontribesman]

The Autumn Landscape of Upper Teesdale, including High Force and Low Force Waterfalls, Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave

[lightsweep]

Cut Into The Earth

Throughout various parts of Northern England you can find unusual rock formations that have been revealed by glaciation of previous ice ages. One of the more well-known is called the whin sill: this is a layer of super-hard rock dolerite that forms pillars or columns, a little bit like the basalt columns you can find in various parts of the world.

One of the whin sill’s key characteristics is its resistance to erosion, so much so that where one finds the whin sill one often finds striking landscapes. The two main exposed outcrops of whin sill can be found at High Cup Nick, and High Force. This shot, of Cauldron Snout waterfall, reveals another outcrop of the whin sill. Here, the water quickly accelerates from its sedentary state at the base of Cow Green Reservoir to a raging cascade as the waterfalls narrow and navigate around the super-hard whin sill rock. Incredible powers at force here.

Cauldron Snout, Upper Teesdale, County Durham/Cumbria, England.

ISO100, ƒ/22.0, 1sec at 14mm (21mm full-frame equiv.) using a slim circular polariser on my Sigma dp0 Quattro. This is a single exposure, processed in Sigma’s Photo Pro in the FOV Classic Blue colour mode, edited lightly in Photoshop.

[fillielitsa]

Steve Messam’s installation, Hush | Upper Teesdale

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Saturday 12 March 1836

8 5

11 40

no kiss rainy morning and F40° at 8 50 am - rain in the night, too - breakfast at 8 55 to 9 ¾ sent George to send Robert Mann and his man home at 9 55 - sat down to write - saw it clearing went out (at 10) found Robert + 6 (including the 2 fillers that have been at the glen all the week) in the barn - set them on again Robert + 3 levelling old road and pit-hill stead in the paddock (top upper Godley field) and Wood and Samuel Booth and John Green with me stubbing cross hedge in Godley land and in the afternoon getting up and planting a couple of large thorns to mark bits of wall against Godley, and planting two largeish mountain ashes and hazels and righting up till 6 - gave my 3 men 1/. to drink for their willingness to stay so late on a Saturday - walked about a little while the men went to dinner - thought of making a road thro’ the Paddock lodge and bottom of wood to get manure from H-x to the low land and thought of soughing it after all instead of trusting to the open hollow drain the cattle will be always treading in - think of arranging more conveniently than I thought of before about which land is to be meadow and which pasture they reckon (said John Booth) 2D.W. pasture per cow and per horse - came in about 12 ¾ a Mr. Deacon from the House of Teesdall and co. 302 High Holborn London called upon me to get me to take a small folio volume of maps the British Atlas price 5 guineas - declined civilly - but I would if I had time [to] call at the shop when in London - they sell only maps - they publish or sell Woerl’s Atlas of Europe published at Friburg at the expense of the government of Wirtemberg - only 8 parts published France and (part of Germany?) every village laid down in these maps - to bed had of Teesdall at 2/. per part inquire about this Atlas in Paris and in loco - then with A- walked her out on the terrace (afraid of rain a slight skiff or 2 while we were out) 35 minutes till about 2 ½ when Holt brought Mr. Jackson of whom I bought pit framing wood sometime back and another person with him - paid the bill, and just called Holt into the north parlour for  a minute or 2 - he cannot examine the Shugden head concern till Tuesday - will take Joseph Mann with him, and give a sketch of how things are going on by Thursday morning - to be here on Monday about the levelling after Washington and settling about the goit thro’ Lower Place land - surprised and vexed at SW-‘s 2nd mistake - A- off to Cliff Hill about 3 and I out again (spite of 3 or 4 showers) till 6 - then talking to Frank and John Booth about arranging the quantity and locality of the meadow and pasture land - dressed - dinner at 7 - found note from Mr. Parker purporting that Mark Town would ‘make a very and shaffling witness before the magistrates’ and that he Mr. P- had all the depredators to appear at his office on Monday morning then to pay damages and be dealt with as judiciously as might be - begging to know if I should be satisfied with this plan - dinner at 7 - coffee - A-‘s French - with my aunt A- ½ hour and I from 8 ½ to 9 ½ my father and Marian there part of the time - skimmed over tonight’s paper - mentions Mr. Preston, whose book on Conveyancing of in high repute as the 1st conveyance (of real property) of the day - from 9 35 to 10 5 wrote all the above of today - Rainy morning till 10 - afterwards smartish showers every now and then but remained out of doors and at work - F38° now at 10 5 pm and fair - a little wind got up tonight - till 10 20 wrote note to ‘Messrs. Parker and Adam Solicitors H-x’ to go in the morning.

[cumbriacrack]

Castle installation invades Lakes Alive It’s bright red, nine metres high and has battlements that overlook Kendal and beyond. Lakes Alive has commissioned acclaimed artist Steve Messam to create a new piece Full story: http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2017/09/06/castle-installation-invades-lakes-alive/

[teesdaletrails]

Exploring more of upper Teesdale across Crossthwaite Common... tougher than expected #teesdalechallengewalk #trailrunning #ultratraining #teesdale (at Holwick, Durham) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1l7Ca9BHNU/?igshid=1sxgxltbp5977

[supercool-plants]

My favourite... Gentiana verna - The Teesdale Spring Gentian. (at Upper Teesdale) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1lBdzoA8ZN/?igshid=180tv5ftsvh6b

[julianworker]

Pretty walks, lovely villages, great cheese: a trip to Teesdale

Pretty walks, lovely villages, great cheese: a trip to Teesdale

The Yorkshire Dales get the visitors but overlooked Upper Teesdale’s towns and valleys – they’re well worth it. Just don’t mention Barnard Castle 

[fhithich]

Low Force

Another day, another waterfall. Less dramatic than its big brother, High Force, Low Force is another of the waterfalls in this dramatic landscape of upper Teesdale. It's a popular tourist destination.

Another day, another waterfall. Less dramatic than its big brother, High Force, Low Force is another of the waterfalls in this dramatic landscape of upper Teesdale. It’s a popular tourist destination. The predominant geology of Teesdale is Carboniferous sedimentary rock but it has been intruded by a number of distinct igneous rocks. It is the natural exposures of these rocks that form the…

[team-pandamonium-blog]

It's was so nice to go home and see where I grew up after over five years of not visiting the north. #adventure #adventuretime #explore #exploreeverywhere #bridge #river #hike #trecking #walk #country #wilderness #intothewild #girl #nikon #team_pandamonium (at Upper Teesdale)

[blprompt]

British Library digitised image from page 54 of "An Account of the Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale ... comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology and mining operations in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne,

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[bear-partnership-blog]

Love the delusion of grandeur of this chapel window from upper Teesdale #chapel #parishchurches #churchesofinstagram #archaeology #teesdale https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Q3q1_Jo-_/?igshid=pmaevmou7xq2

[joeyvary]

One of my favourite places 🌲 (at Upper Teesdale) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvtLp8pIC6/?igshid=nc0ogd07myu0

[pennine-way-april-2019]

Day 10 - Middleton in Teesdale to Dufton - 21 miles

This was to be the biggest day so far. I had considered splitting it into two 9 and 12 mile days- but there is a balance between over- and under-doing it.. so here goes. I was well- (well over-) fed at Forresters Bistro the night before- an unlikely French themed bistro

Smoked cauliflower Tarte au Tatin (starter!)

Once again it was lovely , and this part of the Tees is lovely too. Low Force then High Force - then Force Garth quarry with it’s giant gloppeter-gloppeter machine making roadstone from the basalt of the whin sill.

The Tees is the river of my birth in Stockton-on-Tees, and also where I grew up, in Darlington , so this was a homecoming .

Julie , me and the children , along with my dad, had once walked this bit of the Tees at Easter. It had started to snow and I was worried about baby Harry in his sling actually freezing , and had him tucked inside my coat.... we were glad to find a warm refuge in the Strathmore Arms in Holwick.

I was looking out for the famous spring gentian , only found in Britain in upper Teesdale ,but it was still too early though I found one about to flower.

**ethics warning** photo taken 10-5-2018 in same spot

Next Cauldron Snout

then the long hard trudge up a newly made track over the top. The going gets easier as once more the way is grassy on the gentle drop to Maize Beck. Then suddenly the ground drops away in the dramatic bite of High Cup Nick - one of the sights of the Northern Pennines

then it’s only the 4 miles of stony track , jarring on tired feet, to get to the pretty Cumbrian village of Dufton.

My first wild camp was in this same country. I had met Paul Fraser at 6th Form College - and he had introduced me to walking in the Lakes . He could borrow a tent as he was a Venture Scout- and we got a lift with my mum to Dufton and set off up High Cup Nick and off to the wild country above Cow Green Reservoir. We camped in a peat grough and spent a damp night in wild weather and snow - before bailing out the next day down the Pennine Way to Holwick where .our second night was in the then bunkhouse behind the Strathmore Arms. A small but real adventure - which led on to backpacking trips to the Lakes and then Scotland . It was with Paul (who sadly died at 40 of a brain tumour) that I climbed my first Munros- and I wouldn’t be on this trip if not for him- so thanks old friend for 40 years of hill-going, and RIP.

[teesdaletrails]

Cronkley Scar loop above Middleton-in-Teesdale... amazing views of upper Teesdale & the Pennines #trailrunning #teesdale #ultratraining #teesdaleway #highforce #pennineway (at Middleton In Teesdale, Durham, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1hFtOfB2cS/?igshid=iobd6ajtoyoj