roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Lake Lucerne from Brunnen
My picture of the day-Where's yours?
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Flick of the Elbow
immigrant
- Location
- Pentlands Edinburgh
Wet and autumnal on my walk this morning
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
The Brienzer Rothorn from Glaubenbielen summit at 1611m
The climb, over 1100m at an unremitting 10% or so, on a laden tandem, is probably the hardest ascent we've ever done, and also for me personally!
The climb, over 1100m at an unremitting 10% or so, on a laden tandem, is probably the hardest ascent we've ever done, and also for me personally!
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Took the drone out to see what the river Drôme looked like after the 2-3" of rain on Monday. Better, and not looking quite so muddy today as it did yesterday!
It makes me laugh that every time I share a photo of the Drôme, everyone says "Oh, it's so low!!"... but it is every single August, unless there's a mahoosive storm and several inches of rain along its whole length, as it drains very quickly, and is in limestone country, so a lot of the water seeps away elsewhere.
That said, it is impressive when it is in flood (as you can probably guess by the size of the space it and the pebbles takes up), which is actually extremely rare, and most likely if there's hours of storm rain plus rapid snow melt.
In fact, it's the only major river left in the whole of France which doesn't have any dams from mouth to source, so is classed as France's only 'rivière sauvage', and has quite a lot of ecological interest.
It makes me laugh that every time I share a photo of the Drôme, everyone says "Oh, it's so low!!"... but it is every single August, unless there's a mahoosive storm and several inches of rain along its whole length, as it drains very quickly, and is in limestone country, so a lot of the water seeps away elsewhere.
That said, it is impressive when it is in flood (as you can probably guess by the size of the space it and the pebbles takes up), which is actually extremely rare, and most likely if there's hours of storm rain plus rapid snow melt.
In fact, it's the only major river left in the whole of France which doesn't have any dams from mouth to source, so is classed as France's only 'rivière sauvage', and has quite a lot of ecological interest.
