Water in Motion?

You want water in motion, Sofia, for your Lens-Artist Challenge? You’ve come to the right place. We speak of little else in England this year. Look at this.

A dismal moment sheltering by the River Skell in Ripon.

Or this, taken through the windows of Christ the King Cathedral, Liverpool.

A (typical?) view of Liverpool.

But without this rain, we wouldn’t have those glorious tumbling riverside views: these are both from Yorkshire: I’m focussing on England for this post – it seems appropriate.

The River Wharfe at Grassington
The River Ure at Redmire Force.

Water’s playful too: especially in the hands of a sculptor. Here’s Atlas with his sea gods at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. A fuller image is shown as the featured photo.

Atlas , Castle Howard

And a child in Granary Square, London is certainly having fun.

Fountain, Granary Square, Kings Cross London.

But we’ll conclude with a more typical London view, overlooking the River Thames.

The River Thames passing through central London.
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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

67 thoughts on “Water in Motion?”

  4. Pretty well sums it up, Margaret. I can confirm that Yorkshire is wet, though I hear tell of sunshine on Saturday, just in time to redeem itself before we go home. But the flowers are looking beautiful and Castle Howard is always stunning. I’m trying to look on the bright side 🤗🌸

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  7. Wow, a great fountain shot (the one in the post more than the featured shot, although it certainly adds context). But my favourite is the photo of the child – joy in abundance (as well as water in abundance)!

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      1. I don’t believe you. I was in the UK once and it only rained a little bit on the last day after 9 day of bright sunshine and a few clouds. So there.

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  10. Your photos sum up the love/hate relationship I think we in Britain have with water! We moan about the rain but we love to see rivers and waterfalls 😀 I really like the close-up of Atlas as well as your waterfalls in Yorkshire. And your Granary Square (not Coal Drop Yards btw) shot has one of my favourite London restaurants in the background, the Granary Square Brasserie 🙂

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      1. Coal Drop Yards IS very close – the name relates to the sunken area by the canal, to the left in your photo, where coal was delivered (‘dropped’) by barge, whereas Granary Square is this larger open space.

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  11. Beautiful photos for such a wet winter Margaret. While reading your post, I felt right at home. We are having the same weather here in California! We just had three days of sun and now we’re gray again. Getting back to your images, I love the B&W of people with umbrellas, the Atlas sculpture and the child running through the water. I’m hoping this is the last rain for the season here. And I hope you see sunshine soon.

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  17. Beautiful, Margaret! We have also had a bit too much of water…but as you say – it has its benefits too. Gorgeous gallery and I so love the close-up of Atlas.

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  20. Enjoyed these water in motion photos, Margaret. Love the river flow you captured. The fountain and the boy made me smile. Nice to have rain. Our raining season should come soon.

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  22. Whenever I look at the green here, and how everything is so lush I stop complaining about the rain. But yes, it’s been… testing. You captured that feeling so well. Great post.

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  23. Oh dear Margaret – I could give you quite a few platitudes about the joys of rain but after 3 dismal months I fear I’d have lost my ability to appreciate them so I’ll just say I hope the dismal days are behind you and spring is on it’s way with a huge abundance of flowers thanks to the extra dose! And oh by the way, it did give you some lovely photo ops 😊

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    1. Here in England, we’re by now having slight (slight?) sense-of-humour-failure with this unremitting rain. My daughter in Spain would cheerfully relieve us of a few weeks’ worth as they endure winter drought. The world is getting horribly, dangerously unbalanced. We must take our photo opportunities where we can!

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  24. Great images Margaret and yes I can sympathise with you – rain has been relentless here too in Ireland this winter and spring

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  25. Beautiful photo collection, Margaret. Great shot of the child having fun running in Granary Square. I hope you get some sunshine this weekend or soon.

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