TheWorldBuilder
Planetary Scientist
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Walking by the river, hand-in-hand with Andi, just felt 'right' to Paul and he mentally added it to all the little things he would miss about her. She was gently tugging at him in her eagerness to explore as he ambled along, soaking in the ambience of the rural location.
"Is that a waterfall I can hear up ahead?" she enquired.
The churning waters of the Ure tumbled down from Aisgill Summit and rushed headlong over the limestone steps in the layers of the 300 million year old Yoredale Series. The heavy winter rains washed away the lighter shale, leaving plates of harder rock to channel the water.
“The wildflowers are beautiful from January to June,” Paul told the enchanted young maiden. “Sometimes, at twilight, you might see deer and red squirrels, too.”
Another of the reasons Paul had chosen a 60 mile round trip instead of going straight back to Embsay from the Craven Heifer suddenly made itself plainly clear, as two flashes of shimmering iridescence leapt out of the virtually submerged middle pool to surmount the largest fall. Their journey, which had traversed the Atlantic, North Sea, Ouse and Ure to spawn in Upper Wensleydale, had once inspired the likes of Turner, Wordsworth and Ruskin to immortal praise.
They waited for a while, but no more fish attempted the mighty leap.
“Come on,” said Paul, “lets go down to the other Forces and see if you recognise anything.” Their walk past Middle to Lower Force and back took just over an hour and the short October day was almost over by the time they were back in the car. Leaving the top up for the evening journey home, Paul pushed the heater control to half and raised the pop-up headlights. He took the narrow tracks back to Ellers Lane fairly steadily but, once on the main north-south connection that he knew well, he made brisk progress back towards Airedale.
He had prepared a meal earlier and left it in the fridge, it could easily be rewarmed in the oven. He moved the large dish across, set the controls appropriately and, as Andi wriggled her pert bum into the settee, he opened the DVD store and pulled out the old Costner film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'. Without letting Andi see the case, he popped it into the player and sat back to see if she spotted the filming locations where they had taken their earlier promenade.
"Is that a waterfall I can hear up ahead?" she enquired.
The churning waters of the Ure tumbled down from Aisgill Summit and rushed headlong over the limestone steps in the layers of the 300 million year old Yoredale Series. The heavy winter rains washed away the lighter shale, leaving plates of harder rock to channel the water.
“The wildflowers are beautiful from January to June,” Paul told the enchanted young maiden. “Sometimes, at twilight, you might see deer and red squirrels, too.”
Another of the reasons Paul had chosen a 60 mile round trip instead of going straight back to Embsay from the Craven Heifer suddenly made itself plainly clear, as two flashes of shimmering iridescence leapt out of the virtually submerged middle pool to surmount the largest fall. Their journey, which had traversed the Atlantic, North Sea, Ouse and Ure to spawn in Upper Wensleydale, had once inspired the likes of Turner, Wordsworth and Ruskin to immortal praise.
They waited for a while, but no more fish attempted the mighty leap.
“Come on,” said Paul, “lets go down to the other Forces and see if you recognise anything.” Their walk past Middle to Lower Force and back took just over an hour and the short October day was almost over by the time they were back in the car. Leaving the top up for the evening journey home, Paul pushed the heater control to half and raised the pop-up headlights. He took the narrow tracks back to Ellers Lane fairly steadily but, once on the main north-south connection that he knew well, he made brisk progress back towards Airedale.
He had prepared a meal earlier and left it in the fridge, it could easily be rewarmed in the oven. He moved the large dish across, set the controls appropriately and, as Andi wriggled her pert bum into the settee, he opened the DVD store and pulled out the old Costner film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'. Without letting Andi see the case, he popped it into the player and sat back to see if she spotted the filming locations where they had taken their earlier promenade.