Well I must admit that I wasn't expecting the weather that we had this morning. As with the wasted trip to the Peaks that myself and Donna had last week, the forecasts were slightly wide of the mark. Everything pointed to a morning of cloud mixed with the odd break of sunshine, whereas the forecast was around 6hrs wide of the mark; in fact we were walking for close to 4hrs and for three quarters of the walk it just rained. That said, the walk was still enjoyable.
Most reservoirs in the country have seen water levels drop significantly during our unusually dry summer, and those in the Peak District are no different. In fact, many people have been posting pictures of the slowly emerging remains of the village in the Derwent Valley that was covered when they flooded the valley to form Ladybower Reservoir.
Now I must admit that I made a bit of a mistake, as I hadn't realised that the remains were 'showing' in Ladybower, I thought it was Derwent Reservoir. So, our walk around Derwent and Howden saw us see very low water levels, and some remains from years gone by, we didn't get to see what I had hoped that we would.
It was still good for myself and Malcolm to see the reservoirs almost laid bare, we've walked around these many times before and so often you see the water spilling over the tops of the dam walls, however today the water was probably close to 50ft below.
By the end of the walk we'd done 10 miles and surprisingly over 2,200ft of ascent; which is very surprising given that you get the impression that it's a relatively flat walk. Quite stunned at how all those small inclines add up! Hopefully we don't see much rain in the short-term so I can again look to get back out to view the remains appearing from beneath the water at Ladybower.
Most reservoirs in the country have seen water levels drop significantly during our unusually dry summer, and those in the Peak District are no different. In fact, many people have been posting pictures of the slowly emerging remains of the village in the Derwent Valley that was covered when they flooded the valley to form Ladybower Reservoir.
Now I must admit that I made a bit of a mistake, as I hadn't realised that the remains were 'showing' in Ladybower, I thought it was Derwent Reservoir. So, our walk around Derwent and Howden saw us see very low water levels, and some remains from years gone by, we didn't get to see what I had hoped that we would.
It was still good for myself and Malcolm to see the reservoirs almost laid bare, we've walked around these many times before and so often you see the water spilling over the tops of the dam walls, however today the water was probably close to 50ft below.
By the end of the walk we'd done 10 miles and surprisingly over 2,200ft of ascent; which is very surprising given that you get the impression that it's a relatively flat walk. Quite stunned at how all those small inclines add up! Hopefully we don't see much rain in the short-term so I can again look to get back out to view the remains appearing from beneath the water at Ladybower.
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