River Eden...

Stock photographers seldom have any control over how their pictures are used, especially pix which don’t require releases for people or property. Reading the Guardian Online today, I saw that a pic of mine was being used in an article about a man who drowned trying to save a girl in the River Esk, near Longtown, Cumbria. A sad story… and I’m not sure why my pic was used (it’s of the River Eden, not the Esk) unless it suggests the dangers of swimming in the most placid-looking river. Coincidentally, I passed this spot again this morning, and took another shot…