The river bollin over this stretch both upstream and downstream of the canal is actually perched above the natural floodplain and highly modified by channelled banks. It'd be wonderful for the landowners and authorities to get together to come up with a more naturalised form of river channel that would do away with the frequent flooding of little bollington and the mill, .. of course that would necessitate taking advantage of the current canal breach perhaps to create additional room for the high volume of water descending from the bollins upper catchment and some inventive way of bridging the canal over it. If they (Peel) don't intend to undertake repairs then it'd be a crying shame not to do something like that. Ultimately the more extreme flood flows we're going to experience in the future might point us in the direction of wondering where in the catchment and why these high volumes are happening ...is it to do with current land use and thereon this producing a public disbenefit downstream ... something for our generation to chew over I think
Looks like it had flooded again mate. I live in the Lake District now so I’m not just up the road anymore and my mum and dad are useless at relaying info lol you guys have got it covered though. Happy days.
The river bollin over this stretch both upstream and downstream of the canal is actually perched above the natural floodplain and highly modified by channelled banks. It'd be wonderful for the landowners and authorities to get together to come up with a more naturalised form of river channel that would do away with the frequent flooding of little bollington and the mill, .. of course that would necessitate taking advantage of the current canal breach perhaps to create additional room for the high volume of water descending from the bollins upper catchment and some inventive way of bridging the canal over it. If they (Peel) don't intend to undertake repairs then it'd be a crying shame not to do something like that. Ultimately the more extreme flood flows we're going to experience in the future might point us in the direction of wondering where in the catchment and why these high volumes are happening ...is it to do with current land use and thereon this producing a public disbenefit downstream ... something for our generation to chew over I think
Really well put John. I totally agree
Very sad to see this. I doubt it will ever be repaired I imagine the sums involved will be huge. .
It took 2 years to repair when it breached in 71. I imagine it'll take around the same length of time. Lord knows how much it'll cost
When was this taken mate
Hi Dave, this was taken late this morning.
Looks like it had flooded again mate. I live in the Lake District now so I’m not just up the road anymore and my mum and dad are useless at relaying info lol you guys have got it covered though. Happy days.
Taking a chance flying your drone near power lines😒
Plenty of space between them 😊. The wide angle on the lens makes them look closer than they are.
@@robh699 eh up. Watch out Karen about : )
@@robh699 my reply was deleted sadly. : )