Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram The deadliest stretch of water in the world according to some! It is said that not a single person to have fallen in the River Wharfe near this point has survived, often even the bodies cannot be recovered. . The Strid near Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire is where the river Wharfe basically turns on its side, turning from a wide river to a deep (9m+) and narrow (5ft) one, carving out a labyrinth of underwater tunnels and caves through which the water swirls with currents deadly to anyone who should fall in. . Other rivers with raging rapids may have claimed more lives, but the danger there is more obvious. Here paths lead down to the rocks at rivers edge and the narrow channel with hidden danger. . The Strid has been immortalised in poetry by Wordsworth in 'The boy of Egremont' and by Turner in a painting of the same name, recording the legend of William Fitzwilliam, son of Alice de Romilly and direct heir to the throne of Scotland who died trying to leap across the chasm while hunting. . "The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side." . #thestrid #boltonabbey #dangerousplaces #dangerous #deadlyplaces #chasm #riverwharfe #boyofegremont #williamwordsworth #jmwturner #autumn #river #rocks A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Oct 29, 2019 at 4:36pm PDT
The deadliest stretch of water in the world according to some! It is said that not a single person to have fallen in the River Wharfe near this point has survived, often even the bodies cannot be recovered. . The Strid near Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire is where the river Wharfe basically turns on its side, turning from a wide river to a deep (9m+) and narrow (5ft) one, carving out a labyrinth of underwater tunnels and caves through which the water swirls with currents deadly to anyone who should fall in. . Other rivers with raging rapids may have claimed more lives, but the danger there is more obvious. Here paths lead down to the rocks at rivers edge and the narrow channel with hidden danger. . The Strid has been immortalised in poetry by Wordsworth in 'The boy of Egremont' and by Turner in a painting of the same name, recording the legend of William Fitzwilliam, son of Alice de Romilly and direct heir to the throne of Scotland who died trying to leap across the chasm while hunting. . "The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side." . #thestrid #boltonabbey #dangerousplaces #dangerous #deadlyplaces #chasm #riverwharfe #boyofegremont #williamwordsworth #jmwturner #autumn #river #rocks
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Oct 29, 2019 at 4:36pm PDT
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