Category: Cod Beck
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Code Beck Reservoir
From Scarth Wood Moor. The little carpark at the top end of Cod Beck Reservoir quickly gets full. Tomorrow, a Bank Holiday Sunday will be even busier. The cars parked on the right verge risk being ticketed – there are parking restrictions along the lane which are vigorously enforced. Scarth Wood Moor is a National…
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Cod Beck Reservoir
A chilly circumnavigation of Cod Beck reservoir. Above the sky is blue with just a hint of cirrus but down in the valley, the Greylags on their watery roost have yet to feel the warmth of the morning sun. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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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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New bridge over Cod Beck
It was supposed to be ready for the October half term, last year. But, better late than never, I was pleased to see the bridge in use. I understood the idea was to produce a wheelchair accessible route around Cod Beck Reservoir but the installed kissing gate looks to me to be too narrow. Maybe…
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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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Robert Aske Memorial Seat
It’s amazing how a little bit of snow transforms a scene. I’ve had my eye on this bench as a subject since first starting this blog but have always been disappointed with the resulting photo. I first came across it many years ago when I glanced at the little brass plaque: TO THE GLORY OF…
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Skein of geese
I heard them first before scanning the sky to try and spot them. Flying high over Cod Beck Reservoir south for the winter. Probably from Iceland, bound for the Wash or other of the big estuaries. An alternative name when geese are flying in a ‘V’ formation is a wedge, reducing drag and enabling speeds…
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Cod Beck
Construction work by the National Trust at Cod Beck. The aim is to create a circular wheelchair accessible path around the reservoir. Yorkshire Water has upgraded the existing paths and gates and plan to install a new bridge just beyond the far side of the tree left of centre. Rangers and volunteers of the National…