Scale Force - highest water fall in Lake District

We hiked to see Scale force waterfall situated  in Cockermouth on the 27th of August. Scale force's name "force" derived from Norse term for waterfall. It's about 170 feet tall (around 51.8 meters) and originate from stream Scale beck. It took us about 2 hours to walk there.

When I was very young I remember walking long and hard path through a forest to  see Duninda Waterfall in Sri Lanka. That was in the seventies.  Sheer force of the water from Dunhinda was amusingly beautiful. It's about 60 meters high and 10 meters higher than the Scale force. Sri lanka's tallest water fall is Bambarakanda which is 260 meters tall and around 5 times higher than the scale force. 

As you can see the walk to see scale force was beautiful because of the surrounding mountains and the lake below in the valley.

In my point of view there is no point of scolding at people to save nature and environment. No point of posting hundreds of facebook posts to stop people and politicians destroying the forests and wild life. You have to show the people how to enjoy the nature. Those people who enjoy the nature will love the nature and  would not destroy it.

The Langdale Pike and Pavey Ark Walk

On Wednesday, August the 26th , my wife , d two daughters and I set out on our first trek at lake district. Our challenge was Gretel Landell walk. This trip takes you to several mountain peaks. Pave Arc, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Craig and Pickle of Stickle. Also, when you go to the part called Pave Arc, there is a very beautiful natural lake at the top.

These mountains are not so high. The Landell pike is about 736 meters (2415 feet). It takes about five or six hours to pass the Pave Arc, Harrison Stickle and descend to the valley below. The total distance is 12 km. At these twelve meters, there are several very steep slopes of about 150 meters. These are a little hard to climb. 

Throughout this journey a you can see a beautiful stream flows down. You have to cross it in one place jumping  over big rocks. There is a place where the water falls hard. If the foot slips,you  will fell down to the stream.

The lovely stream starts from the lake above. It took us almost six and a half hours because I was climbing down  little slower. But from the top of the mountain, you can see the beautiful valley below.

Height Gained – 730  metres ,  Distance – 12 km, Time –5 hours

The Langdale Pikes form the unmistakable skyline of Langdale and a walk along the Wainwrights of Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle, Thorn Crag, Loft Crag and Pike of Stickle is a must do excursion for any fell walker visiting this valley.

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From Child Protection Force - Sri Lanka

This article information was taken from Dr B  Samarathunga's Facebook wall.

Child Protection Force Case No. 17

Court – Magistrates Court

Facts:

• This is one of the 3 cases that 15 year old D is a victim of.

His other cases are Child Protection Force Case No.s 19

(physical abuse) & 16 (Care & Protection)

• In this case his step father (also the accused of the physical

abuse case), is an aggressive man and always subjects the

family to domestic violence.

• The mother fled the house with the younger two kids and

dropped D at his teachers house to keep him safe.

• The teacher had to go out of town and called the house to

check if the mother was at home. The accused man told her

that the mother of D was at home and to drop D off.

• The teacher (who had no knowledge about the domestic

violence) dropped D at the house with the step-father.

• He took D to Pizza hut for dinner and bought back a bottle

of Coca-Cola and unknown to D mixed alcohol in the Coca

Cola and tried to make D Drink it. He didn’t.

• The accused then inserted a water hose into the anal

passage of D, apparently in order to clean the anal passage

before he would commit anal sex.

• He then committed anal sex on D until D fell unconscious

and didn’t know what happened to him until morning.

• The next day he went on a school trip. The teacher identified

that D was extremely quiet and uncomfortable and

discussed with the mother who came to pick D up.

• When D’s mother asked him he told her everything that had

happened.

• She immediately informed the Police and the case was filed

in Magistrates Courts.

• This incident happened in February 2018 and the case is still

at initial stages – awaiting advice from the Attorney-Generals

Department.

• The other cases – Child Protection Force Case No. 19, and

Child Protection Force Case No. 16 – is at trial stages.

• D’s mother is now a single mother. His biological father died

and his step father who is also the accused in these cases is

in jail finally after the hard work of the police and the team at

Child Protection Force.

• He lives in a rented tiny home with his mother and his two

half brothers.

• D’s mother is a hard working woman but finds it extremely

difficult to manage with her meager income.

How can you help :

• D also needs mental health assistance that costs Rs. 2000/-

per week. This is conducted by Child Protection Force.

• This particular Court case expense comes to Rs. 7500/- per

month until the case is over. (The end date unfortunately

cannot be stipulated by us)

• D loves to box and we have met an amazing coach who is

willing to conduct sessions at a discounted rate of Rs. 500/-

per session. This would be once a week.

• You could also sponsor for his education cost amounting to

Rs. 10,000/- per month. ❤️Rs. 6000/- out of this has

already been pledged by a beautiful donor

BANK : NATIONS TRUST BANK

BRANCH. : BORELLA

NAME : CHILD PROTECTION FORCE (GUARANTEE) LIMITED

ACC NO : 1001 5000 3460

SWIFT CODE : N T B C L K L X

“Children are the worlds most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” – John F Kennedy