Stainforth Force - and the thin blue line

The Hoffman Kiln (see yesterday) is near Stainforth, a village beside the River Ribble. Here the river tumbles over an impressive waterfall known as Stainforth Force. In the autumn you may be lucky enough to see salmon leaping upstream over the falls. On the day we visited, the water was coming down fast enough to deter any salmon. It's not called the Force for nothing. The only species you would have spotted was 'the greater tripod-wrangling club photographer' of which there were several in evidence!

There was so much water that slow-mo photos looked a little too confused, though that didn't stop me trying...

I was intrigued by 'the thin blue line'. Someone had strung a rope swing above the falls. One can only conclude that the water reverts to a mere trickle on some days. You'd have had to harbour a death wish to swing out on the day we were there!