The visitors centre at Bowlees, which is sadly closed at the moment. Hoping it will re-open soon though?

Heading through the small hamlet of Bowlees towards Low Force

This is one of the things we came to see today, the wild flower meadows, and they looked amazing in the early morning sun

Not all the fields had been left to the wild flowers though, about a third of them were been used for grazing

I bet the sheep in the previous field would love to get in this one for some tasty flowers?

It was easy to spot the meadows with the flowers in, they were the bright yellow ones

Sheena and Cleo waiting for me to take some more photos

The rivers levels are still really low but Low Force was still looking as good as always

I've lost count how many times I've stood here on looked at the falls

and each time I could have stayed there for hours, there's something really special about this place!

Cleo leading the way across the Wynch Bridge. This was a really big step forward for her, as a few weeks ago she was terrified of all bridges and had to be carried out them. So she got lots of fuss and treats on the other side.

My favourite view of Low Force

There were still a few Bluebells hanging on in the woods, but they were well past their best

Sheena and Cleo checking out the sheep sculpture's

More wild flowers meadows

Sheena having a closer look at the falls

This shot should give you a pretty good idea of how big the falls of Low Force are?

At this time of the year there are lots of orchids in the meadows beside the river

I think this one is a Northern Marsh Orchid?

There were also thousands and thousands of Buttercups!

Heading along the river from Low Force

More orchids in the meadows

The River Tees

Passing more meadows as we headed up river towards High Force

Everywhere you looked in the meadows there were larges groups of orchids to be seen

One of the many small cascades along this part of the river

You can usually spot lots of Dippers as you walk along the river banks, but we didn't see any today

Mountain Pansies

The majestic High Force

I think this is the better side of the river to view the falls

a close up shot of High Force

and one from the top looking back down the river

Sheena and Cleo at the top of High Force

Looking upstream from the top of the falls

and a very close up look over the edge!

From High Force we decided to visit Bleabeck Force as well, which is about a mile upstream

The beauty of this part of the walk is spoilt by the quarry on the opposite bank of the river

Bleabeck Force

Sheena and Cleo waited for me to climb up to get a shot of the top of the falls

A close up shot of Cleo

The close up shot of the tops of the falls I wanted

One of me heading back down!

and one of the quarry, not the prettiest of sights!

After re-tracing our route back past High Force we crossed the footbridge across the river

this was so we could check out the meadows on the other side of the river

Lots of Red Clover and Buttercups

In facts there were probably millions of them in these few meadows?

Heading through the very small hamlet of Dirt Pit

Where we were watched very closely by these cows, luckily our path didn't have to go through their field

The track we followed back to Bowlees

Which provided very easy walking back through the meadows

One final look at the meadows, with Kirkcarrion in the far distance