Robs turn to drive in his new car and very nice it is too. We decided to go and look at the water levels in the reservoirs up at the dams so we arrived there at bang on 07:00 got booted up and off through the Fairholmes visitor site. We decided to go up the east side of the water because the light was in the right direction for photos. It was obvious as soon as we got anywhere near the dams that the water level was way down. I was there earlier this year and the water was pouring over the Derwent Dam, well today it has got to be a minimum of 20 feet below the wall. We just took our time and walked up to the Howden Dam where we had our breakfast. The basin in front of the Howden dam looked very dry with huge sandbanks.While we were having our breakfast we got talking to a chap on a bike who seemed to be very knowledgeable about the area. We then just ambled back and called in down to the "beach" to take a couple of pics building a cairn.
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| This weeks route up the east side of the Derbyshire reservoirs. |
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| Smoke on the water. |
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| Shaft of light coming through the tree's |
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| Derwent Dam |
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| Geoff, Ike & Rob |
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| Rob, Geoff & Ike |
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| Remains of the Ouzelden Viaduct |
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| Derwent Dam |
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| Remains of the Ouzelden Viaduct |
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| Ouzelden Viaduct before it was demolished. ( pic by Geoff Sheldon) |
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| Geoff |
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| Sunburst |
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| Howden Dam |
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| Breakfast time. Ike, Rob, me & Geoff. |
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| Happy cyclist |
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| Howden Dam |
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| Howden dam gate |
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| Me on the "beach" would normally be under about 20 feet of water. |
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| Me topping a cairn |
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| Rob trying to balance a rock |
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| Finished cairn |
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| Back to Derwent dam |
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| This was February when the water was heaving over the top. |
This was a lovely walk just over 5 miles along generally level tracks with wonderful views over the reservoirs. You could easily mistake this area for Scotland with the big advantage there are no midges.
See you next week
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