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Water and Foliage
The River Wye just above Bakewell's Pack Horse Bridge.
The photo is taken from the sheepfold upstream of the bridge. The water here both comes together, and divides, the result of two mill races. The water from Richard Arkwrights mill at Lumford rejoins here, Whilst to my left and behind me a smaller mill stream feeds the Victoria Mill at Millford. The latter is, this year,(2018) well and truly overgrown, although the water still flows clear, providing a habitat for all manner of small wildlife. Moorhens and Coots are everpresent !
Unusually there is a small amount of foam wherever the river finds a cascade, a recent phenomenon that coincides with the building of a new supermarket upstream of the mill. I worry that this may be because of disturbing the ground on which an old factory was built, now demolished. Lets hope not!
Water and Foliage
The River Wye just above Bakewell's Pack Horse Bridge.
The photo is taken from the sheepfold upstream of the bridge. The water here both comes together, and divides, the result of two mill races. The water from Richard Arkwrights mill at Lumford rejoins here, Whilst to my left and behind me a smaller mill stream feeds the Victoria Mill at Millford. The latter is, this year,(2018) well and truly overgrown, although the water still flows clear, providing a habitat for all manner of small wildlife. Moorhens and Coots are everpresent !
Unusually there is a small amount of foam wherever the river finds a cascade, a recent phenomenon that coincides with the building of a new supermarket upstream of the mill. I worry that this may be because of disturbing the ground on which an old factory was built, now demolished. Lets hope not!