How very British is that? The photo just above is of the quietly flowing Ripon canal, upon which the rain is gently beating down.
More man-made flowing water: A lock on a different canal, the Leeds -Liverpool Canal, near Gargrave: and a detail from a different lock – er – somewhere else.
No waterfalls on a canal. To find those, you need to find trainee waterfalls, like this little torrent in Cantabria, or these jumping, weaving and bumbling ones on the River Wharfe at Grassington, and the River Swale near Muker.
Then there’s the sea: a winter sea here, at West Wittering: and a summer sea at Premià de Mar. All that equipment tells you the sea had been flowing rather too much, and nicking the beach. The citizens wanted their sands back.
But if you’re going to do this, or any other challenge, what you need most is a photographer to record these images for you. Here he is. I can’t use his photos, because he went off, unidentified, taking all his images with him.
For Leanne’s Monochrome Madness: Flowing Water
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
I love spending time with you, Margaret. That last photo is an absolute gem xx
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Aw thanks Jo. Yes, that was a bit sneaky, wasn’t it? xx
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Rather good collection Margaret. I am still to do mine so thanks for some ideas I hadn’t thought of 😁
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There are always ideas we hadn’t thought of. I didn’t remember fountains.
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My favourite walk into town is along the Kennet and Avon Canal some of which is currently off limits as they resurface the towpath. I’m missing it. That photographer looks so absorbed , I wonder if he knew he was being snapped!
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He definitely didn’t! Yes, we’re lucky to have a canalside walk too. Predictable, but often surprising too.
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Ah, The different presentations of watery things, and shame you forgot fountains
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Well, I’d posted quite enough I think …
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😀😀
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Gorgeous images
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Thanks Sheree.
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A great selection Margaret – I especially loved seeing your Yorkshire waterfalls (I’ll have some in my own response tomorrow) and that fun shot of the fellow photographer to finish!
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Thanks Sarah. Yup, we’re not bad at (fairly small) waterfalls in Yorkshire. Looking forward to yours!
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Water, water everywhere at the moment – plenty flowing down my windows! As usual, an interesting selection from you culminating with the last one (though I have to object to the slightly wonky horizon) puzzled though I am at having a tripod when it looks like quite a placid sea.
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He was one of a gang of photographers who were also twitchers. I spent ages trying to get the horizon straight. I gave up.
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Ah, aiming for some elusive flying object then.
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Yup!
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I do like the concentration of the chap at the end – and I wouldn’t have noticed the horizon if I hadn’t read Jude first!
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Picky, that Jude, eh? Yep, that man is properly focussed, as is his camera no doubt,
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I would never have thought of rain, but yeah it is flowing water. Wonderful collection of flowing water images Margaret.
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Thanks Leanne. Good challenge!
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Such incredible water images and these really suit black and white. Yo have such an infinite collection. Oceanic!
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I have a collection that ought to be seriously culled. Digital can = overkill! Thanks though!
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Well, yes it’s easy to take lots of shots to get the best one. I am terrible doing that on my phone and then there’s too many to delete so I procrastinate. I fid find my camera! More to sort now.
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So many first world problems …
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