It's a shame that the footbridge didn't reveal itself, however at this point I think it's better if it never does. Scary to see how much water we've lost over the dry spell.
The smaller dam revealing itself is possibly Victorian from the shape and design of the stones. Definitely built well before the big dam and not connected to its construction, which is entirely concrete. I was there last week and there's a beautiful cove revealing itself with high stone cliffs near the waterfall you filmed. Sitting there it's so easy to imagine the area as it looked before it was flooded. Crazy feeling to sit somewhere that probably hasn't been seen or touched for 70 years.
It's fascinating to see what has been revealed but it shows how the drought plus the water consumption by people has changed the landscape Thank you very much for sharing this video
My guess is that the `bridge` was a temporary dam to control the flow of water when they were building the Baitings dam. The `sluice gate` probably diverted water through a pipe to emerge below the construction site. On the 1" OS map Sheet 102 published in 1947, if you go across the bridge, in about a quarter mile there is a lane which heads back towards the river. I wonder if this is the path between the walls shown at 8:02 ?
Really enjoyed that thanks Martin. We see that so much in Australia . Mind you we have had the wettest winter ever, lots of floods. Thanks so much for the share. Please stay safe and take care
Martin, your videos are always so interesting, i never get much done once l log into your channel, keep em coming mate , absolutely brilliant, thankyou
Thanks for documenting this Martin. It maybe the last time this generation sees this, and future generations will look back and see something that if you had not recorded, would be lost forever. Great video.👍
@@MartinZero So true... At my time in life I know I'll never see it again, although, I have seen the drowned village of Tryweryn, Llyn Celyn once and, possibly as the water level drops I may see it one more time. History, and the past needs to be saved and you are doing a grand job, keep it up.😄
Very interesting, we have a flooded village reservoir about 10 miles from where I live, just over the border into Wales, we went about 5 weeks ago to see how low it was. We could see signs of the old village , garden walls etc, but I saw it about 30 years ago much much lower where I could see what’s left of the roads and houses but in those days cameras had films to develope so no pics sadly
I don't think people realise that before rivers can flow at normal levels the ground has to be re-hydrated first and given the lack of rain so far this will take a long time. Let's hope winter is a wet one because if not next summer will be challenging.
Good of you to go back and show us what's been revealed at the reservoir since your visit last month, Martin. It's incredible that items have been hidden away by the depth of water of the years, and now come to light during this very dry year. Many thanks for this showing.
Hi Martin. I reckon your suggestion of the walls/jetties in the reservoir possibly having a sluice mechanism at one point, would be quite a strong possibility. Just a minor detail, but the fences on each jetty/wall going across them (blocking any access, not the ones on the sides) suggest a smaller dam, or indeed, as you suggested, a sluice. The fences just remind me of that prominent kind of feature often found at the top of dam walls. Cheers, kind regards, GWR
Great video, I have never seen it this low. I do remember in 1989 it being really low and below the dam wall being littered with stolen motorbike frames, old safes and the coin boxes from phone boxes. I am not sure if it was Baitings or nearby Scammonden they found the remains of some dodgy car dealer from Manchester that had been weighted down with chains. Those dam walls have seen more than their fair share of nefarious business.😲
I really liked this one. Mixing in today and yesterday. You have a passion which I recognise. Keep it going. I wish I was a history teacher, we could give our pupils a link to you channel. Absolutely captivating
The ground across the country is bone dry from the summer, especially in the south. What's happened is alot of the rain has been absorbed into the soil or taken up by plants and trees. The water level will go up soon as the wet weather in October normally swings in.
These videos have blown my mind! My sister lives a mile away; sadly because of work don't have the time to visit! So massively appreciated these incredible videos! Much love and thanks from the South! 😇
Hi Martin, I've just discovered your channel full of extraordinary and fascinating videos. It's an amazing channel you have. There has been many a long late night clued to the laptop. Top rank my friend, 😀😀😀
Great video as usual Martin , sad to see the water level so low but also what an ideal time for the water company responsible for this reservoir to do some maintenance/ dredging etc
The lack of water is concerning. However, what this reveals is most interesting, and, above all, the photography in this video is painstakingly informative, due to the angles, and accompanying narratives. Brilliant. Well done, and thank you M.Z.
Thank you so much for all the hard work you do. I do indeed hope to set foot in your country and look upon theses gems for myself. Astounding work sir.
Great Video again Martin. I have read a lot of comments saying they must be draining it. I wish that was true. West Yorkshire especially the Worth Valley & Keighley reservoirs are so low that a temporary pipeline is having to be laid to pump water from Calderdale. Without it we will run out of water. The ground is so dry we have family who rely on spring water for their homes . They ran out of water at the beginning of summer. Last time this happened the water table raised so slowly it took until Christmas before the tanks started filling up. We need it to rain and keep raining other wise next year could be so much worse.
Springs and wells thag feed farms in mid Wales have also dried up. 7 months of beliw average eainfall over winter followed by a hot summer... Next year will be worse unless we see above average rainfall from now until March
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks Martin, please keep us updated. If you liked this, I've also been following Sin City Outdoors over in the States with their updates of the situation at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas. It's worth a watch. Cheers Martin and to Roy for his contribution. Subscribed!
Thanks Martin, for a fantastic update on this reservoir. Some of the previous commenters sound about right about the history of the engineering involved. Take care and all the best. Stevie
6:00 That's an earlier weir with what remains of the sluice-mechanism. Possibly also used to hold back the water while the foundations of the dam were constructed.
That looks to me like an older, smaller dam, the walls are curved to resist the pressure by transmitting the force of it to the banks (a gravity arch dam).
Nice surprise mid week video.martin...wow what hides beneath ...its amazing how much water has disappeared..Great work as always made my day when it notified me you had posted a video...take care luv and light xxx
Do a drone shot of the area you think held the path. In researching the settlement of the U.S., old roads and pathways were easily traceable even after two hundred years due to the fact they were heavily used and the ground packed down by traffic on them. One of my husband’s ancestors owned a home that was actually a stage coach stop and tavern in the early 17-1800’s. A drone shot actually helped us determine the where the road ran, and by researching the pieces of land around the road helped us determine exactly where their house stood.
I was at Ladybower Reservoir yesterday and it is almost as low as 2018, revealing the remains of Derwent village, our uk reservoirs do hold some secrets within their depths
Baitings Res feeds Ryburn. Most reservoirs are connected to others further down the valleys. Obviously the lowest res fills up before the higher ones hence why they take so long to all fill. We are still on a hosepipe ban in Yorkshire, it’s ruddy raining as I watched this video tonight. The water companies are profit before service like many others
One day of rain doesn't mean it's wet. Look at long term averages. But yes, water companies should not be private. Private companies need to make profit, which is fully understandable, so allowing a basic resource to be monetised (especially when we all paid for the infrastructure already) is just criminal.
Martin- the water is rather clear. If you put your drone up, perhaps around midday, you may be able to see down into the lake, maybe catch the shadows of other structures. Just an idea, nice video, thanks for the update!
It is a mini dam used for the construction of Ryburn Reservoir, the smaller one nearby. The dam was used to block off the water so the construction workers could dig out the valley to build Ryburn Reservoir. The dam was left there and it was flooded in the construction of Baitings reservoir in 1956.
Great update video, thanks for going back. Definitely looks like there was some kind of weir there before. My cousin has been sharing some photos just the other side of the hill and it looks so green, perhaps that Post10 bloke is lurking about up there Good luck from Spain!! PS: The reservoirs look equally depleted over here too.
Wow! I can't believe how much that has gone down in a matter of a few weeks Martin, that is going to take a few rainy days. Amazing under that bridge though it was built to last I'm glad they didn't bulldoze it.
I was looking around on the National Library of Scotland site and found something that might come in useful. There's a link at the top of the side by side maps saying "explore georeferenced maps". On that page there's a search option in the top left where you can put in an OS grid reference and it'll show where it is on the map. Turns out there's a load of apps for phones that'll give you the grid reference of where you're standing. So you could just get your grid reference from that and then view the old map for where you are. It should make things like finding the path to the footbridge easier.
To add to your search for the footbridge: look at the footage at 0:04. There is something sticking up from the water, directly above the video timer and possibly another one a little to the right, and it appears to be in alignment with the path/trees. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it's part of the footbridge.
It is amazing how dry everything is at the moment. I go past a handful of reservoirs in my job as a trucker and in all the years Iv been doing my route I have never seen them as low as they are at the moment
We had a really dry winter. Below average rainfall for 7 months running. People never see it like that they just remembed the rain. And nobody appreciates the drizzle we get does not do much in terms of topping up rivers and reservoirs and the intense rain is so intense our dated infrastructure has no chance of capturing useful amounts of it. I think this is why many still don't believe in climate change... they don't see the figures or how that impacts things like storage, levels etc. So while the storage got us through this summer next year might be a bigger issue. Expect hosepipe bans next summer unless we get 7 months of above average (120%) rainfall (and that's not the long term forecast which suggests it'll be an average winter). Lets just hope it's not dry!
Thanks for the update. As others have said I can't believe that it has got lower with us having some rain. I wonder if Ladybower is lower than in August too. Is Roy losing weight? Here's me putting it on. Bugger.
Hello Martin! I saw a video taken by drone only this morning of this dam and how much lower the water had fallen, was going to leave a comment about it on your original video, but you've beat me to it with this update!
Your drone-footage at the beginning clearly shows water being released at the foot of the dam, so it's possible that the authorities are taking advantage of the dry conditions to drain the reservoir to carry out maintenance work on the dam! You guys should also think about returning with metal-detectors to see what will turn up!
its a nice idea but you need permission which the water authority wont give, your better off keeping it "eyes only". if you said sod it and just went some herbert would report you, then they could confiscate your machine, just not worth the knobache.
Stevie-Ray, I doubt it. Virtually all dams/reservoirs, have a 'minimum flow' of water that they have to constantly maintain coming out below the dam, in order to keep the downstream river 'alive'.
Thanks for the update Martin.....let's hope we have some rain soon but not the sort to cause flooding but a steady run off from the land to cover this hidden landscape for another generation
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Are you going to do a vid on the new park in Manchester, apparently its the longest stretch of the medlock in the city centre.
It's a shame that the footbridge didn't reveal itself, however at this point I think it's better if it never does. Scary to see how much water we've lost over the dry spell.
It’s lovely to see the things what never see light of day but when they do appear it spoils the mystery and wonder
Mostly because of gross mismanagement of wayer reserves by the privatised water companys.
now imagine that dam wasn't build...than the problem would be much, much bigger..
Fascinating video Martin 👍
The smaller dam revealing itself is possibly Victorian from the shape and design of the stones. Definitely built well before the big dam and not connected to its construction, which is entirely concrete.
I was there last week and there's a beautiful cove revealing itself with high stone cliffs near the waterfall you filmed. Sitting there it's so easy to imagine the area as it looked before it was flooded. Crazy feeling to sit somewhere that probably hasn't been seen or touched for 70 years.
Thank you Martin and Crew , beautiful setting . No Bodies like the Lake Mead videos .
Great video! Every few years water level in the dam near my town is lovered for maintenance. I love walking the underwater grounds when they do it.
It's fascinating to see what has been revealed but it shows how the drought plus the water consumption by people has changed the landscape
Thank you very much for sharing this video
Wow! What a difference a month makes! By the way, the maple leaf on your jacket did not go unnoticed by this Canadian gal! 🇨🇦🍁 Cheers!
My guess is that the `bridge` was a temporary dam to control the flow of water when they were building the Baitings dam. The `sluice gate` probably diverted water through a pipe to emerge below the construction site.
On the 1" OS map Sheet 102 published in 1947, if you go across the bridge, in about a quarter mile there is a lane which heads back towards the river. I wonder if this is the path between the walls shown at 8:02 ?
Yep I reckon your correct
@@MartinZero Oh no my an English man that does not know that you’re right. Not on your left…. Lol keep bringing the vids
@@MartinZero i think it is, if you look at the 1892 25" OS map the FP leading down to the bridge runs at the angle you see in the footage.
Wonderful update. The change to the water level is most dramatic. Who would have believed?!!! Cheers and well done.
Really enjoyed that thanks Martin. We see that so much in Australia . Mind you we have had the wettest winter ever, lots of floods. Thanks so much for the share. Please stay safe and take care
Another great video, Martin. I'm glad you went back.
Lovely suprise that Martin, thanks chuck. 🤗🐾🐾🐾
Thanks Sarah
The quality of the stonework on that bridge 😍
Brilliant footage, you're capturing history, then & now
Fascinating stuff Martin , thanks for the re visit 🤙🏽🤙🏽🧱👍🏼
Martin, your videos are always so interesting, i never get much done once l log into your channel, keep em coming mate , absolutely brilliant, thankyou
Thanks for documenting this Martin. It maybe the last time this generation sees this, and future generations will look back and see something that if you had not recorded, would be lost forever. Great video.👍
Yeah thats the thing, you never know when its going to show again
@@MartinZero So true... At my time in life I know I'll never see it again, although, I have seen the drowned village of Tryweryn, Llyn Celyn once and, possibly as the water level drops I may see it one more time. History, and the past needs to be saved and you are doing a grand job, keep it up.😄
@@dilwyn1 if you see the bottom of Llyn Celyn please make a video
Very interesting, we have a flooded village reservoir about 10 miles from where I live, just over the border into Wales, we went about 5 weeks ago to see how low it was. We could see signs of the old village , garden walls etc, but I saw it about 30 years ago much much lower where I could see what’s left of the roads and houses but in those days cameras had films to develope so no pics sadly
this is just what i needed today .. to see beautiful shots like always from mr Zero of places i will NEVER see with my own eyes
Thank you Brian
Wow, that’s so low. Thanks for going back. Fascinating.
Yeah unbelievable
I don't think people realise that before rivers can flow at normal levels the ground has to be re-hydrated first and given the lack of rain so far this will take a long time. Let's hope winter is a wet one because if not next summer will be challenging.
That's our history that is being revealed, thank so much. Have a great day,
Good of you to go back and show us what's been revealed at the reservoir since your visit last month, Martin. It's incredible that items have been hidden away by the depth of water of the years, and now come to light during this very dry year. Many thanks for this showing.
Very interesting update. Thanks for showing us this.
That is so cool to see, I love watching your videos of the history in your country, I wish we had that kind of hidden history in Michigan
Oh wow!!! It's amazing and shocking at the same time... Thanks Martin. Great update. 🤗
Thanks for the update. So interesting. Keep up the great work .
Another brilliant video update cheers Martin.
hope you can keep us updated Martin, thanks for the follow up, very interesting
Thank you for the video, a great walk for anyone to do.
Fascinating footage and possibly something you might only get to see once in a lifetime.
Hi Martin. I reckon your suggestion of the walls/jetties in the reservoir possibly having a sluice mechanism at one point, would be quite a strong possibility. Just a minor detail, but the fences on each jetty/wall going across them (blocking any access, not the ones on the sides) suggest a smaller dam, or indeed, as you suggested, a sluice. The fences just remind me of that prominent kind of feature often found at the top of dam walls.
Cheers, kind regards, GWR
Yeah its like what they put on Pipe bridges. Be nice to know, or a pic would be good. Take care 👍
Yeah, looks like some form of earlier attempt at a Dam doesn't it.
The bit sticking up at the end of the wall definitely looks like a valve actuator
@@MartinZero Hi Martin. I have emailed you some information 👍
Would they not have had to build a dam, to build the Dam ?
Fascinating what lies hidden from the past yet so close to the present keep up the great work 👍
Cheers Nathan
Great video, I have never seen it this low. I do remember in 1989 it being really low and below the dam wall being littered with stolen motorbike frames, old safes and the coin boxes from phone boxes. I am not sure if it was Baitings or nearby Scammonden they found the remains of some dodgy car dealer from Manchester that had been weighted down with chains. Those dam walls have seen more than their fair share of nefarious business.😲
I really liked this one. Mixing in today and yesterday. You have a passion which I recognise. Keep it going. I wish I was a history teacher, we could give our pupils a link to you channel. Absolutely captivating
Perfect timing, tea just finished. Just sat down, brew in hand and this came up on notifications 👍
Get yourself down there
Absolutely fascinating.
Thanks for recording the situation.
Cheers Tony
The ground across the country is bone dry from the summer, especially in the south. What's happened is alot of the rain has been absorbed into the soil or taken up by plants and trees. The water level will go up soon as the wet weather in October normally swings in.
That's scary, all that water gone. About time the water companies repaired all their leaking pipes and we consumed less water! Thanks for the update
Thanks on the quality update, always love seeing your take on what it is you're seeing. From a fellow Salfordian.
Thank you Martin for the update enjoyed it 😊😊
These videos have blown my mind! My sister lives a mile away; sadly because of work don't have the time to visit! So massively appreciated these incredible videos! Much love and thanks from the South! 😇
Thank you 👍
@@MartinZero Thank you my man!! ♥️🙏
Hi Martin, I've just discovered your channel full of extraordinary and fascinating videos. It's an amazing channel you have. There has been many a long late night clued to the laptop. Top rank my friend, 😀😀😀
Great video as usual Martin , sad to see the water level so low but also what an ideal time for the water company responsible for this reservoir to do some maintenance/ dredging etc
The lack of water is concerning. However, what this reveals is most interesting, and, above all, the photography in this video is painstakingly informative, due to the angles, and accompanying narratives. Brilliant. Well done, and thank you M.Z.
Thank you for updating us on this.
Cheers Max
Thanks for the update. It seems unbelievable that it has gone so low.
Hi Ruth
Hi Martin how terribly sad to see how shallow this so very low , thanks guys for the update, regards liz x
It's always amazing to see all the history lost under our many reservoirs!
We don't have enough reservoirs
Love the artifacts! Imagine the coins!
Brilliant footage Martin, quite probably once in a lifetime occurrence.
Wouldn't even believe structures like this lye below the water surfaces. Great video Martin.
Thanks James
Thank you, sir! Love these videos. So much history submerged, so exciting to see when we get the chance 👍
Nice video, Martin. Thank you.
Thanks for the update, very interesting.
Wow what a change in month, thanks for the update
Crazy isnt it Pete
Thank you so much for all the hard work you do. I do indeed hope to set foot in your country and look upon theses gems for myself. Astounding work sir.
Thank you very much Christopher, I hope you visit
Interesting stuff 👍👍 there's got to be more reservoirs revealing unseen items locally. Great video.
Yeah there are more Paul
@@MartinZero hope you can show some on here. Keep em coming!
Great update. I bet you didn’t expect to re-visit so soon.
Thanks for the update Martin. Bit scary that the water level continues to fall. It's going to take a bit of filling!
Fascinating Martin, but at the same time worrying that, that much water has gone this year 👍👍
Thanks Martin, great idea to do a revisit!
Great Video again Martin. I have read a lot of comments saying they must be draining it. I wish that was true. West Yorkshire especially the Worth Valley & Keighley reservoirs are so low that a temporary pipeline is having to be laid to pump water from Calderdale. Without it we will run out of water.
The ground is so dry we have family who rely on spring water for their homes . They ran out of water at the beginning of summer. Last time this happened the water table raised so slowly it took until Christmas before the tanks started filling up. We need it to rain and keep raining other wise next year could be so much worse.
Springs and wells thag feed farms in mid Wales have also dried up.
7 months of beliw average eainfall over winter followed by a hot summer...
Next year will be worse unless we see above average rainfall from now until March
“Roy’s a bit mad” you’re epic, thanks for being ace 😊
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks Martin, please keep us updated. If you liked this, I've also been following Sin City Outdoors over in the States with their updates of the situation at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas. It's worth a watch. Cheers Martin and to Roy for his contribution. Subscribed!
Thanks Martin, for a fantastic update on this reservoir. Some of the previous commenters sound about right about the history of the engineering involved. Take care and all the best. Stevie
6:00 That's an earlier weir with what remains of the sluice-mechanism. Possibly also used to hold back the water while the foundations of the dam were constructed.
Fascinating as always.
Thankyou.
That looks to me like an older, smaller dam, the walls are curved to resist the pressure by transmitting the force of it to the banks (a gravity arch dam).
Nice surprise mid week video.martin...wow what hides beneath ...its amazing how much water has disappeared..Great work as always made my day when it notified me you had posted a video...take care luv and light xxx
Thanks Paula take care
Shocking! Thanks, Martin.
My thoughts on the water release would be to keep water flowing down stream for the survival of the water life, otherwise it would be a dry creek bed.
Yeah that sounds sensible Barry
Fascinating video as always Martin, great to see stuff revealed..... but scary at the same time.
Do a drone shot of the area you think held the path. In researching the settlement of the U.S., old roads and pathways were easily traceable even after two hundred years due to the fact they were heavily used and the ground packed down by traffic on them. One of my husband’s ancestors owned a home that was actually a stage coach stop and tavern in the early 17-1800’s. A drone shot actually helped us determine the where the road ran, and by researching the pieces of land around the road helped us determine exactly where their house stood.
Plus, not being rude the U.S. does not have much European before the 17/1800's.
Love your carefully lined up comparisons, nobody does this as well as you do. Many thanks!
Loving the historic update. Guess where I’m going weekend!! I will take your advice thoe.
Yeah dont try to get on that Jetty
I was at Ladybower Reservoir yesterday and it is almost as low as 2018, revealing the remains of Derwent village, our uk reservoirs do hold some secrets within their depths
Baitings Res feeds Ryburn. Most reservoirs are connected to others further down the valleys. Obviously the lowest res fills up before the higher ones hence why they take so long to all fill. We are still on a hosepipe ban in Yorkshire, it’s ruddy raining as I watched this video tonight.
The water companies are profit before service like many others
One day of rain doesn't mean it's wet. Look at long term averages.
But yes, water companies should not be private. Private companies need to make profit, which is fully understandable, so allowing a basic resource to be monetised (especially when we all paid for the infrastructure already) is just criminal.
Martin- the water is rather clear. If you put your drone up, perhaps around midday, you may be able to see down into the lake, maybe catch the shadows of other structures. Just an idea, nice video, thanks for the update!
Thanks, worth a try
@@MartinZero might need a polarising filter
It is a mini dam used for the construction of Ryburn Reservoir, the smaller one nearby. The dam was used to block off the water so the construction workers could dig out the valley to build Ryburn Reservoir. The dam was left there and it was flooded in the construction of Baitings reservoir in 1956.
Good one, Martin... just coined a name for the exposed iron bridge...' Baitings Pier'..😀
It certainly is a pier now John 😃
Great update video, thanks for going back. Definitely looks like there was some kind of weir there before. My cousin has been sharing some photos just the other side of the hill and it looks so green, perhaps that Post10 bloke is lurking about up there
Good luck from Spain!!
PS: The reservoirs look equally depleted over here too.
Cheers David, going to take months isnt it
Cheers for this, good vid very much appreciate your time and effort.
Wow! I can't believe how much that has gone down in a matter of a few weeks Martin, that is going to take a few rainy days. Amazing under that bridge though it was built to last I'm glad they didn't bulldoze it.
Amazing - great work Martin 👍
I was looking around on the National Library of Scotland site and found something that might come in useful. There's a link at the top of the side by side maps saying "explore georeferenced maps". On that page there's a search option in the top left where you can put in an OS grid reference and it'll show where it is on the map. Turns out there's a load of apps for phones that'll give you the grid reference of where you're standing. So you could just get your grid reference from that and then view the old map for where you are. It should make things like finding the path to the footbridge easier.
Fascinating stuff as ever.👍👍👍
Fascinating thanks Martin 👍🏻
I learnt what those blocks that protrude at the bottom of the arch are for from your last video.
Now you know David 😀
To add to your search for the footbridge: look at the footage at 0:04. There is something sticking up from the water, directly above the video timer and possibly another one a little to the right, and it appears to be in alignment with the path/trees. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it's part of the footbridge.
Nice little Wednesday night treat. Cheers martin 👍🏻
With the bridge, the tie off bollard on the end of the pier would seem to suggest it was for boat moorring so maybe an access gate of some sort ?
Glad you went back
It is amazing how dry everything is at the moment. I go past a handful of reservoirs in my job as a trucker and in all the years Iv been doing my route I have never seen them as low as they are at the moment
We had a really dry winter. Below average rainfall for 7 months running.
People never see it like that they just remembed the rain. And nobody appreciates the drizzle we get does not do much in terms of topping up rivers and reservoirs and the intense rain is so intense our dated infrastructure has no chance of capturing useful amounts of it. I think this is why many still don't believe in climate change... they don't see the figures or how that impacts things like storage, levels etc.
So while the storage got us through this summer next year might be a bigger issue. Expect hosepipe bans next summer unless we get 7 months of above average (120%) rainfall (and that's not the long term forecast which suggests it'll be an average winter). Lets just hope it's not dry!
Thanks for the update.
As others have said I can't believe that it has got lower with us having some rain.
I wonder if Ladybower is lower than in August too.
Is Roy losing weight? Here's me putting it on. Bugger.
Hello Martin! I saw a video taken by drone only this morning of this dam and how much lower the water had fallen, was going to leave a comment about it on your original video, but you've beat me to it with this update!
Your drone-footage at the beginning clearly shows water being released at the foot of the dam, so it's possible that the authorities are taking advantage of the dry conditions to drain the reservoir to carry out maintenance work on the dam!
You guys should also think about returning with metal-detectors to see what will turn up!
Be interesting to see what we find
Is the water supply for Wakefield taken from the Ryburn reservoir? could be why they are still letting water through Baitings into the Ryburn?
I was just thinking the same thing about the water flowing out
its a nice idea but you need permission which the water authority wont give, your better off keeping it "eyes only".
if you said sod it and just went some herbert would report you, then they could confiscate your machine, just not worth the knobache.
Stevie-Ray, I doubt it. Virtually all dams/reservoirs, have a 'minimum flow' of water that they have to constantly maintain coming out below the dam, in order to keep the downstream river 'alive'.
Thanks for the update Martin.....let's hope we have some rain soon but not the sort to cause flooding but a steady run off from the land to cover this hidden landscape for another generation
Interesting thank you for the update Martin that did look like some form of sluice gate in the middle of the reservoir at one time
Yeah i reckon a sluice
This is so very interesting..
Thanks. 😊🤗