By: Blonde One
When we planned our walk up Kinder Scout (the highest point in the Peak District and indeed the East Midlands) we expected it to be an excellent walking day. We expected to have tired legs after walking up Jacob’s Ladder, we expected to see a pool with perhaps a mermaid swimming in and we expected to see lots of peat. What we didn’t expect to see was an upside down waterfall! The waterfall of 30 metres, that’s a few kilometres further on than Kinder Low trig point, is Kinder Downfall but on this occasion it should have been named Kinder Upfall as the wind was whipping it uphill. It was a very strange thing to see and was attracting lots of onlookers, including us. Apparently it is quite common for this to happen when there’s a strong west wind. Despite the wind being a bit annoying we were quite glad it was as strong as it was!
Now that is something I have never seen. The wind was strong when I last went there, but it must have been from the wrong direction. Love the piccie at the top of the page.
It was truly amazing, and even more fantastic was being sprayed with water from the uphill waterfall! We were glad the wind was in the direction that it was, because it was strong and we might have done Mary Poppins’ impressions off the ridge otherwise!