Cauldron Snout

Cauldron Snout

It was a beautiful warm and very sunny day. We toured over the moors, visited a few old lead mines and then headed for Cow Green reservoir. This is a picture of Cauldron Snout. You can walk the Pennine way from here right down to High Force. These are spectacular waterfalls and show the incredible force of the water. A lovely day for a spin and also a walk.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cauldron Snout is a waterfall on the upper reaches of the River Tees in Northern England, immediately below the dam of the Cow Green Reservoir. It is well upstream of the High Force waterfall, and is on the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria, England. The waterfall lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and European Geopark.

It is more a long cataract than a waterfall, and at 200 yards (180 m) long, reckoned to be the longest waterfall in England.

It is impressive by the scale of the British landsape, and attracts a lot of visitors, despite the 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) walk from the nearest carpark (at Cow Green Reservoir). No fee is payable as of 2010. The Pennine Way takes in Cauldron Snout.

The falls are caused by the upper Tees passing over dolerite steps of the Whin Sill.