River Arkle below Hilltop Farm
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River Arkle below Hilltop Farm
Image: © Andy Waddington Taken: 21 Jul 2020
Throughout Arkengarthdale, tractors were busily at work turning, rowing or baling the hay - one field seen in this view has already been finished and its bales collected whilst a tractor is turning hay in a field on the right behind the small barn. Newly cut or turned fields are full of Lapwings and Starlings, whilst gulls join them to follow the machinery. The River Arkle, nestling in its valley below all this activity, is very low, but with heavy rain, can be paddled from some way upstream of here and for some way below before trees start to become a serious hazard. With even more rain, as happened in July 2019, it can burst its banks and evidence is everywhere of footbridges and walls swept away and workmen rebuilding walls and bridges. There will be several more months of work before all the footpaths are reopened.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.451457
Longitude
-2.041299