The Leaden Stour...

Although some regard summer as being over at the end of August that still leaves a three week gap of nothingness, apparently, before autumn starts. However, judging from the weather at the moment, summer continues for the time being here in the south, at least.

I went for a ride today, mostly for the fun of it, but also to check out my mountain bike. Yesterday I gave it something of a much needed overhaul, replacing the chain-set and crank; gear cassette; chain; rear derailleur and front and rear gear cables and housings, and needed to make sure all was well with an extended test. It was.

I chose the Dorset Stour as the basis for the trial, stopping here and there to make photographs when something appealed to me. The image is taken on the Leaden Stour at the site of a Ford  - known locally as Pansy's Bathing Place - after a local resident's golden retriever. The Leaden Stour, which branches off from the main river at Throop, Dorset, is as its name suggests: a much slower moving body of water, that eventually rejoins the main waterway roughly 1.4 miles downstream.



24-70 mm f/2.8G AF-S Nikkor. 1/80 second at f/10. - 1 stop EV compensation. Polariser. ISO 500



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