Below the Surface - Photo's
       
       

During the summer of 2013 Anglezarke and Yarrow reservoirs got very low, and below are some photos of the reservoir and their beds

       

August 2013 and this is all that was left of the water by Heapey embankment. By September this had halved in size

An old window sill. Whose face had peered through the glass above I wonder?

 

This is the trickle that is supplied by the goit. This is half a mile from the Heapey embankment

 

Freshwater mussel shells are strewn all over the bed as birds crack them open

 

The remains of a dry stone wall - which is shown on old OS maps prior to the reservoir's construction

 

The Nab across a dry reservoir bed

 

Zooming across to the Charnock embankment

 

Sunset, and mud where there should be water

 

Another sunset, another night without rain

 

This is a spit of land by the Charnock embankment, its purpose is not known.

 

Lister Mill Quarry and its stunning view point across the water from the spit. To the left of the spit, still submerged are three footbridges.

 

Not a common sight, but cormorants laze away the hours between feeds

 

...and take off as I approached.

 

This is the original pipeline from High Bullough (Chorley Reservoir) to Chorley. It is no longer used

 

A repair to the pipe was made in 1941 - see the date on the collar joint above

 

Bridge - or a channel for the pipeline?

 

Further along the west bank of the Anglezarke reservoir is this old fence

 

Remains of a tree in The Lees - just one of many I found

 

Possibly a hedgerow, hawthorn or blackthorn maybe.

 

Not scorched earth yet, but certainly after years of being below water, the cracks associated with drying out are beginning to appear

 

Another lovely end to another summers day in 2013

 

The line of an old fence?

 
A tree trunk below years of silt