Sunday, 3 July 2022

Force not Force: a trip to The Forces in Deepdale

 The waterfalls at the head of Deepdale near Brothers Water are named "The Forces (waterfalls)" on the map. I know that the word "force" for water fall comes from a Viking word. I was wondering if "force" in Physics was the same. I should have remembered - it comes from the Latin word "fortis" for strong. This is a bit like a linguistic convergent evolution.

And here's the view down from Link Cove.