Here’s the link: https://www.davebutcher.co.uk/wainwrights-coast-to-coast-trek/

The notes are illustrated with my black and white photographs, as well as with colour photos which are a mix of colour slides that I recently scanned for the first time and mobile phone photos from the later trips.

Ennerdale from Windy Gap, between Great Gable and Green Gable. Pillar on left, High Stile on right. Lake District; negative 532209

Large stone cairns of 9 Standards Rigg, Kirkby Stephen. On Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk from St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay; negative 504504

Lower falls at Wain Wath, Keld in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales. On Wainwright’s coast to coast walk from St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay; negative 504602

Kisdon Force Upper falls (highest), Keld, Swaledale; negative 504804

Beggars Bridge reflected in River Esk, Glaisdale, North York Moors; negative 232602

Reflections in a rock pool with Robin Hood’s Bay behind; negative 254406

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It was a dull day but good for waterfalls. It’s much easier to print waterfalls that are not sunlit than those that are! Watersmeet house was also still closed up for the winter so no advertising signs and few people in my pictures. The last time I took photos here it was really busy and not as much water, the recent rain really helped the waterfalls.

The temporary link to these new images on my gallery website is:
www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/recent?key=Watersmeet

To see all of the Watersmeet photos that I have on my website follow this link:
www.davebutcher.co.uk/gallery/landscapes?key=Watersmeet

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On days like these big views often look flat but it’s perfect for waterfalls. Sunlit waterfalls often disappoint because details can be lost in the brightest areas.

We started off following the Coast Path for a couple of miles to Countisbury Hill. A jolly fine viewpoint overlooking Lynmouth but very windy too. A good one to come back to on a bright day.

It was just about midday and we happened to be passing the Blue Ball Inn so we ventured in for a swift pint. It would have been churlish not to!

From here it was all downhill to Watersmeet. With all the recent rain the waterfalls were spectacular, much more water than on our last visit a few years back.

Jan carried my tripod for me as I knew it would be needed to give me the streaky water effect that I like. I just carried my Mamiya 7 camera with 43mm wide angle lens, Sekonic spot meter and a few rolls of Ilford 120 FP4+ and 400 Delta. I only used the FP4+.

The pictures needed me to wade into the river in several places to put white water in the right part of the frame. Fortunately my Hill walking boots are 10 inches high and Gore Tex lined (Meindl Dovre Extreme GTX) so I remained dry shod.

2 films later we moved off on the final 2 mile riverside walk to Lynmouth. A bit under 8 miles in total and my bad back still seems to be as well as can be expected!

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