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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1792953" data-attributes="member: 459333">Speaking of the Peak District and strange weather, ever since seeing the pic in the OP I've been thinking of the time when I visited Kinder Downfall in epic wind. It was hard to breathe at times, and when I tried jumping straight upwards I landed about a foot from where I started.When we got to Kinder Downfall, it was Kinder Upfall. The water was going over the edge, falling a couple of feet, then getting blown high into the air and landing back at the top, upstream. It kind of begged the logical question where exactly was the water going? It certainly wasn't making it down to the bottom of the waterfall!We tried throwing a rope down over the edge as we wanted to abseil down to the bottom, and the wind had the same effect - the rope just blew right back up over our heads, and we ended up tying a rucksack to the end of it and lowering it.It seems it wasn't a one-off and there's something about the shape of the land there that channels the wind, as there's some photos and videos of the same effect. This is a good one. A lot of the water is making it to the bottom in this vid, but if you watch till the end there are some moments when pretty much all of it gets turned back![MEDIA=youtube]FGVap5ogDgs[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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