Taken on a long stroll with Dog: from the Southern Upland Way, slightly south of Portpatrick, appreciating patterns of cloud, light and precipitation across the sea over Ireland.
Tag Archives: Water
Water feature
Detail of water flowing over a submerged sycamore leaf stuck on stones.
Newton Stewart
I seem to be back in the old temporary stamping ground for the morning, while the car gets its MOT done… so I went for a stroll around the town – which doesn’t take long – to appreciate the views of the river Cree from the bridge.
Cliffs
Taken at the foot of the Southern Upland Way climbing out of Portpatrick Harbour, looking down on a passing jackdaw to rocks below.
Water, water, everywhere
Saturday was wet. Very wet.
This was the view just outside Portpatrick, at the corner of the Dunskey B-road turnoff, water flooding off the hill onto the road.
On arriving home, I discovered a drain outside the gate was unable to cope with the sudden rain, and a gutter-load of water was flowing in a channel down the driveway, pushing gravel through the gate.
It took half an hour’s shovelling gravel to persuade some of the water to flow into a flowerbed the other side of the fence; in the meantime, the garage was flooded about 3in deep.
A couple of days later and the scale of damage caused is clear; while the driveway is now arguably better than it was before, roadside embankments have obviously suffered
as has the road surface – the erosion from gravel and dirt flowing over tarmac is quite severe:
Paddling
Dog looking elegant and keeping his paws cool in the water feature(tm).
Portpatrick Harbour
A slightly different view of the coastal town of Portpatrick, taken from just above the harbour at the foot of the Southern Upland Way. There’s even seats beside the steps to sit and admire the view 🙂
Portpatrick Lifeboat
Dog and I stood by the harbour wall, staring out at the water on a gorgeous sunny morning.
Confluence
A couple of burns joining amongst the trees. Church End woods, near Portpatrick.