Count Your Blessings #107 – Waterfalls

Over the weekend Sue, Emily and I decided that we would go and explore a waterfall (Jonathan was at work).

Waterfalls a great.

It’s rained rather a lot this year so we knew we were in for a treat. Our chosen waterfall was Skelwith Force near Skelwith Bridge. It’s not the tallest waterfall in the Lake District, but it’s one of the most powerful and it helps that there is a rather good Cafe near where you park the car.

As expected, the falls were full. Water was gushing over the edge and pounding onto the rocks below.

At the top of the falls I’m always slightly mesmerised as I watch the water flow over the edge, sometimes I’m sure it’s trying to pull me in.

Emily and I ventured down the rocks to the bottom too, there the falls gave off their thunderous roar and belched their spray.

The falls were so full that a couple of canoeist who looked fairly hard-core decided that they would give it a miss. It was very powerful.

Sue and I wondered for a little while about how much water was travelling down the falls, we tried to compare it to the amount of water in a swimming pool. How long would it take this waterfall to fill out local pool? We didn’t actually come up with an answer, but we knew it wasn’t long.

There a description of Jesus in the book of Revelation in the Bible and it says this:

His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. His feet were glowing like bronze being heated in a furnace, and his voice sounded like the roar of a waterfall. He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword was coming from his mouth. His face was shining as bright as the sun at noon.

Revelation 1

I’m not sure what a voice that sounds “like the roar of a waterfall” would really sound like, but I do know that it’s going to be powerful and I think that is what I am supposed to understand.

After we had visited the falls we carried on towards Elterwater where we marvelled at the tranquility of the water waiting to be sent down the falls.

Unfortunately we forgot the camera so the picture is from somewhere else earlier in the year when there was as much water around.