Tag: reservoir
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Oakdale
A weathered sign: “Oakdale Reservoir a source of Yorkshire Water” but now decommissioned and transformed into a wildlife lake, passed by The Cleveland Way. And a memory evoking view. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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A very low Thirlmere
Buzzed over by an RAF jet not quite copying the X-Wing fighter in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it seemed weird seeing Thirlmere so low, the reservoir that supplies water to Manchester which will soon have a hosepipe ban. Normal demand on the reservoir is 40 million gallons per day, a figure which to me…
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Cod Beck Reservoir
Considering the weather maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised to see Cod Beck Reservoir so low but I’ve never seen it like this. I suspect Yorkshire Water have deliberately released some of the water, and quite recently, the shore was still soft with a nice aroma. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Thirlmere
I’ve never been down to the shore of Thirlmere, never really had much to do with the valley, in fact, just the occasional fell or orienteering race from Steel End Farm. I’m usually whizzing by on the A591 heading for Ambleside or Coniston. Thirlmere is a reservoir, manmade in the 19th-century to provide water for…
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Cod Beck Reservoir
A bitterly cold morning but, disappointingly, no snow. No wind too so not a ripple on Cod Beck Reservoir. Perfect reflections. Taken just about where the old farmstead of Wildgoose Nest would have stood before Cod Beck was flooded in the early 1950s. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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The Causeway, Stocks Reservoir
The Forest of Bowland is a new area to me. I have an impression of a large tract of land devoid of Public Rights of Way with a reputation for the illegal persecution of birds of prey. Ironic then that the hen harrier is the symbol of this Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB). Forest,…
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Outflow, Scar House Reservoir
A wet day in Nidderdale
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Nidderdale
Nidderdale and Gouthwaite Reservoir
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Mermaid’s Pool
Local legend says that a mermaid lives in this pond on the otherwise steep boulder strewn hillside below Kinder Downfall and tries to entice visitors into the water. Apparently several people have succumbed to her charms over the years. And if any refuse she’ll drag them into the depths. Of course all this is supposed…
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Kinder Valley
In the foothills of the Dark Peak looking up the Kinder valley towards the Downfall. The water is an arm of the Kinder Reservoir, built in the first decade of the 20th century to supply Stockport with a reliable supply of clean water. Open Space Web-Map builder Code