Intimations

It seems to be trendy to decorate our moorlands and wild places with quotes and poetry. Grimwith was no exception, and I noticed at least three stanzas carved into stone slabs in the drystone walls. I think it's quite a good initiative and it had the effect of making me slow down a little and start to see things more creatively. It's all too easy to 'feed my blog' with simply record shots, so it's good and enjoyable to be prompted into something a touch more adventurous. Here are a few from Grimwith. 

'Storms brush the water's surface swift like her anger and tears'

'A reflected landscape of shadows calling out from under the water'

I suppose this once again references the hamlets that were sacrificed for the reservoir, all the memories lying there under the flood. 

 

I noticed how the bright yellow lichen on top of the dam wall was echoed by the line of sunlight catching the far shore.