Long Gill river bed brought back to life

This is the moment I captured an instant river flowing through Kingsdale in the Yorkshire Dales after a day which saw a months worth of rain fall in certain parts of the area:
My mesmerising & remarkable footage shows a bone dry Yorkshire Dales dry pebble bed suddenly turn into a stream in a matter of minutes and progress to a fast flowing river within the hour.
We spent an hour waiting for the river bed to finally fill up and captured the moment on camera watching in disbelief at the speed the water picked up momentum.
The water comes off all of the hills following little streams down into the valley of Kingsdale.
The river Long Gill collects the rain water and transports it down to the River Twiss.
My Video taken on 03.10.2020 initially shows the water slowly creeping along the stones in the distance.
The water is then shown heading towards a small footbridge before passing underneath it and carrying on its journey.
The dry pebble bed then becomes completely covered with water at the hands of mother nature.
An awe inspiring moment I will never forget ❤️

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

That is the politest flash flood I have ever witnessed. Beautiful.

[@johnbroadbelt]

The only river / stream I have ever seen with no plastic waste or tyres floating down . Unbelievable, well done .

[@johncamp2567]

It’s interesting how something so simple could be so captivating!

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

I stood there 1 hour in the pouring down rain because I was mesmerised ☺️

[@williamthurmond4940]

Even the flash floods in Northern England are gentle and soothing.

[@voiceofraisin241]

Most times when I see videos of water filling up a watershed like this, the leading edge is always full of debris.

[@johnkeviljr9625]

Wonderful to see/watch. Thank You!

[@Kallli121]

So beatifyful landscape! And than this artificially straightened stream. 😢

[@James-gf9jl]

Wow. What were the chances of being there at the right time, I wonder.

[@keithjurena9319]

Small watershed with free draining soil. During the dry spells, the stream disappears below the gravel and rock, flowing much slower. This recharges aquifers

[@vons3745]

Thank you for sharing this. Amazing.

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Aww you’re very welcome ☺️

[@sampaththummanapellichinna9902]

Really great lovely peacefull location beautyfull location nature slowly folwing water really miracle. Thanks to send video hatsapp sir 🙏👍

[@TheLuckyjoenga]

How beautiful!

[@spider46531]

How wonderful. I wish I could live there and just sit and watch something like this.

[@LureThosePixels]

Trees around it might make the water last longer too, which would be beautiful and healthy

[@steven4315]

I guess you can call that a river if you want. It is a nice creek.

[@mudnducs]

The mighty hand of God

[@sergiopita5117]

Or the hand of the man that opened the dam 😂😂😂

[@kellyjoiner4418]

C.o.o.l And beautiful area 🌞

[@user-if5bv7de2l]

That's beautiful. But it's a creek. Still beautiful.

[@calmwolf98]

Nice catch! That’s really cool!

[@johnnie3Chords]

How would you like to be the people that cleared all of those rocks from those fields to build the walls , and I'm assuming the creek bed too , very impressive! ?!

[@saraswathiramasamy370]

Excellent, beautiful 👌👌👌👌

[@finaboykm]

Mother Nature creeps so gently…

[@caroleast9636]

Sometimes gently!

[@joshuabreeden1211]

Great video I just wish the layout of the screen could have been better so that I could see it better but this video still gets a 👍

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Not sure what you mean as when I click on it, it is full screen 😊

[@joshuabreeden1211]

The first time I watched it the picture was real small and in the center of the screen and I just watched it again and now it fills in the whole screen lol as I said still a great video but now I can see it better LOL

[@matth4638]

Magnificent.

[@thetravelinsagittarian1316]

Beautiful 💓

[@genghisthegreat2034]

Interesting how much water must flow, and is required, just to fill the voids in the bed of cobbles. That's what also feeds low flows in the drought that exposed the streambed to begin with.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

I necer tho7ght I would be so excited about a river I've never heard off before and can't locate on a map coming back to life.

[@robertbate5790]

Was this part of a regeneration scheme or just natural. Fascinating and beautiful either way 👍👍👍

[@mudnducs]

Nice to see man

[@donnachadhmccarthy6167]

The straightened narrow channel needs rewilding?

[@eroildocortes4973]

Tu ves. Todo. Esto la. Creación de el. Te grita que un ser inteligente es el arquitecto de todo. Lo. Creado. Y te. Maravillas muy. Lindo. Gracias por el. Video,,

[@stevecalvert4369]

It's kingsdale in Yorkshire. The bridge is to Bridagarth farm

[@stevecalvert4369]

The river water normally when not flooding flowers through a cave system and rises down the valley at keld head.

[@russs7574]

Nice video...it'd be twice as nice if it weren't "vertical."

[@No-cc1fq]

In this case vertical might be better, because its capture river more than the landscape around

[@johnkonstantin4277]

I'm watching it on my phone and don't see a problem with it being vertical :^)

[@prillewitz]

The only downside might be that the riverbed might look wider than it actually is….

[@oddities-whatnot]

I can see everything I need to see perfectly well enough. What you moaning for ? Why don’t YOU go there and record it in your favourite landscape format then if it bugs you that much. Wow. Really ?

[@gary9046]

Hate to get caught in that. The next thing you know you are floating face down in the Atlantic.

[@rogerdudra178]

Nice catch.

[@mariliamarani4315]

Acho que tem pedras de valor aí...

[@louiseeckert1574]

Why is the water way empty? Then, where does all the water come from? Doesn’t it rain all the time there?

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

It comes down from the hills when it rains heavily and more often than not is either dry or has water in it we just happened to witness the 2 happening at the same time 😊

[@tireballastserviceofflorid7771]

Where I'm from in Missouri US we would have called this a wet weather branch. Absolutely an awesome video. Wow

[@jameslewis1605]

Big ole tears. I had to go pee too.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Doesn't look as though it's been dry for long, what stopped the flow?

[@dereklonewolf9011]

Walk the Moors at least once in your life & you will be rewarded. 74+🍁hunter Yorkshire expat

[@sharonholdren7588]

Short explication of why this area is so barren of trees would explain the lack of water.

[@minecachair]

Any idea why there are two bridges side by side?

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Not sure 🤔

[@leplessis8179]

His and Hers.

[@stevecalvert4369]

The stronger bridge is for heavy tractors to cross

[@Idrivthetrain]

Foot bridge, auto bridge

[@ingela_injeela]

Tractor bridge - cattle bridge.

[@geminienigma4421]

Yorkshire the land of green and plenty

[@robertdees2150]

What happened to it in the first place?

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Lack of rain turned it into a dry river bed, we just happened to see it filling up after heavy rainfall and catch the water table rising

[@mayankbhardwaj469]

Plzzz....can you tell us the location

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Long Gill in Kingsdale Near Ingleton North Yorkshire

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

So this river was just empty because of drought? It hadn't been channeled anywhere else?

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

There is water in the caves below and it means the river when the water table rises

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

@@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165 Oh OK. Thank you for your answer.

[@JohnSmith-rk6jy]

Looks like the ladies when they lay eyes on me.

Is this man in Heaven?

[@whimsygrove9971]

Song name?

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

Iris by U2

[@nomusicrc]

Horizontal

[@sharudasu8695]

Pls can i know where it is

[@stevecalvert4369]

Kingsdale. Yorkshire . UK.. the River was straightened in the valley by Ww2 pow,s

[@Rr43473]

Stop the erosion with trees

[@sharonholdren7588]

With the wind the background music is superfluous and annoying.

[@intothewildyorkshirestyle3165]

In your opinion thanks 😊

[@tilipitappi7762]

i like the music alot 😅

[@SamsungA-qk9tl]

Это русло реки, без воды,.по которому вдруг пошла вода? У нас бы её разобрали на поливы сразу же, как только появилась.

[@СергейФролов-ы9ш]

Вода появилась уже после дождей. Всё в природе поменялось, раньше там проблем с осадками не было.

[@df446]

Ugh. Landscape orientation next time please.

[@kaizenryan3390]

Looks like polluted water

[@keithjurena9319]

Tea color is typically from humic acids like from peat.

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[@marylynne9104]

Dean Jones, this is England mate, you can keep your weird Trump worship to yourself. It’s hilarious though, so thanks for the laugh.