It was our Parkinson Walk this morning and last night it poured down but we were lucky and woke to a clear day with the sun coming out. The forecast was so bad that we had suggested people may like to come just for coffee if it was too wet to walk - perhaps that is why we had 18 people turn up where the number is usually about a dozen.
We started our walk at the Information Centre and walked alongside the (usually) small stream then up to the waterfall.
If they will play I took these two videos to show the volume in what is usually a small stream
In the bottom video most of this is usually bare rock.
Below is a photo of the falls normally from a previous post.
Wow, that's quite a flow of water. The offer of coffee is guaranteed to make people turn out in greater numbers. My mother's church used to serve coffee after the service once a month and the congregation was always greater on that day.
ReplyDeleteWe always go for a "caffeine fix" after the walk but the thought was that it may have been instead of the walk if the weather had not cleared. As you say, I think it is the main incentive.
DeleteImpressive,
ReplyDeleteGood to have a few extra out on the walk, and the sunshine made that even better!
Yes, the weather was perfect
DeleteI don't expect that you often see that stream looking more like a river. We are desperate for rain in our garden.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen it like that before and we only had overnight rain. I hope you get some rain soon. The world's weather has gone mad.
DeleteI'm glad your rain eased off - those waterways look close to flood capacity. We have had heavy rain here as well, but it has not been constant.
ReplyDeleteOurs has been the same. Today, just odd showers with sunshine in between. Sunday night it must have been really heavy.
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