Unexpected
We needed a short walk after a long journey, so went through a field to the bottom of a rather spectacular waterfall. No-one else was around. There was a hut about the size of a medium garden shed which I thought might be the farm's sauna. However, underneath I could see a shaft (photo below) and was immediately intrigued. The hut door was unlocked and this is what could be seen inside. Someone, presumably the farmer, was renovating an old mill grinding wheel with new wooden hopper, chute and surrounds.
Using water power, the shaft underneath the building would turn the grinding wheel. Awaiting renovation was a wooden leat allowing water to flow from the stream below the waterfall (see photo below)
Totally unexpected. Totally fascinating.
Unexpected
We needed a short walk after a long journey, so went through a field to the bottom of a rather spectacular waterfall. No-one else was around. There was a hut about the size of a medium garden shed which I thought might be the farm's sauna. However, underneath I could see a shaft (photo below) and was immediately intrigued. The hut door was unlocked and this is what could be seen inside. Someone, presumably the farmer, was renovating an old mill grinding wheel with new wooden hopper, chute and surrounds.
Using water power, the shaft underneath the building would turn the grinding wheel. Awaiting renovation was a wooden leat allowing water to flow from the stream below the waterfall (see photo below)
Totally unexpected. Totally fascinating.