After Sodden Saturday we had Sunny Sunday, a day which encouraged the pair of us to get out and make the most of things. As we’d heard about all the rain Yorkshire had seen whilst we were away in Portugal we thought we’d check out how things stand with some of the local reservoirs. However, there was something else I was keen to have a look at seeing as we were out in the car – and that was progress on rebuilding Huddersfield station. Dawn kindly detoured so we could take a look. Here’s some of what we saw.
The view inside the trainshed seen from the nearby road bridge (which offers a grandstand view). To the right is the newly extending bay platform used by terminating services from Sheffield. The old Platform 1 have been extended outwards, taking over the course of the old track, which has been re-laid closer to the old platform 3. Originally there were four tracks running through this part of the station, but the centre two roads were removed in the 1980s.What a change! This was the site of platform 8 and the stabling sidings. The smaller station roof has been removed and all tracks lifted. Eventually, a new island platform will be built here. The area in the centre of the picture was the site of the two short bay platforms. They’ve disappeared completely. The only remains are the wooden platform end fence to the right of the yellow crane. The Eastward extensions of the through platforms, which have been built over the replacement William St bridge.A general view of the North side of the station and old island platform. The roof’s gone, as has the signalbox. Only the lift shaft and an equipment room remain.
Having checked out TRU progress we headed out to the M62 for a short trip to Junction 22 where we passed the Booth wood reservoir. We’d visited it back in August when it was looking perilously low. To be honest, there seemed little difference in the levels, as this picture shows.
From Booth wood it was a short drive to Baitings, where we got a surprise as levels have increased by around 3 meters.
Looking towards the dam from the new road bridge. Just a few days ago an earlier dam could be seen in the foreground. It disappeared again virtually overnight thanks to the recent rains. The old bridge has water under it once more as the Ryburn has started bringing water down from the moors. A torrent of water is entering the reservoir from Horse Hay Clough which runs off the moors to the North of the res’.
Does this mean an end to the drought? I doubt it. No more rain’s forecast, and there’s still a lot of ground (or should that be water) to make up…
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Alas, the glorious weather we’ve enjoyed this year feels like it’s coming to an end as the seasons change. Autumn is fast approaching, although for many farmers it arrived unseasonably early, allowing them to harvest weeks earlier than normal, with some enjoying very good crop yields, despite the dry weather and heat which has meant that 2025 has been identified by the Met Office as the warmest summer on record. The worrying thing is that record is very likely to be broken next year.
Now the rain’s taken over here in West Yorkshire. We’ve had several days of heavy showers and leaden skies. I shouldn’t really complain, anyone who’s read any of my reservoir blogs will know how desperate we are for rain around here. Yorkshire Water reports that levels are down to 32.6 per cent – well below the 72.7 per cent average for this time of year. So we’re going to need a hell of a lot of steady rain to make up the deficit – and avoid floods. Still, Dawn and I are off to Portugal on Friday, so if the heavens want to open for the next couple of weeks, then don’t mind us!
I nipped out between heavy showers earlier to get shots of the signs of the seasons change. The Oak trees that make up some of the woodlands surrounding us are a mass of acorns right now. It’s difficult to walk through the woods without getting bombed by them dropping. The downside is that the local grey squirrels have gone into overdrive, collecting and stashing as many acorns as they can find as food for the winter months. The problem is these pesky rodents are seeing my flowerbeds and pots as part of their larder, destroying any plants that get in their way. Bloody things…
The persistent rain’s brought the valley sides to life again, reinvigorating grass and woodland alike. It’s also made for some interesting skies, like this. I managed to get home before this little lot dumped on me.
Looking across the Calder valley to Norland and the Ryburn valley beyond.
We’ve a thunderstorm warning for the rest of the day, which could produce some fun. Let’s see…
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Yesterday the pair of us made the best of the good weather to break out of Yorkshire to cross the border into Derbyshire and visit some old haunts. Regular visitors to my blog will know that visiting and walking around reservoirs (when feasible) has become a bit of a hobby this year – mainly because of the drought we’re experiencing this year which is leaving so many of the places we visit with abnormally low water levels.
We’ve been visiting the Derwent valley for many years, but until now we’ve never seen the various reservoirs in the area as low as they are now. But to get there we had to pass others. Langsett reservoir is South of Penistone. We’ve walked around it in the past but this time it was merely a photographic stop.
Going, going…
With it being a bank holiday we weren’t the only ones heading for the Derwent valley. Far from it. The roads around Ladybower were chokka with vehicles, leaving parking at a premium. We decided to head to our usual parking place at the Fairholmes car park in the shadow of the Derwent dam. Even this large car-park was full, but we were lucky and managed to find a recently vacated space. Others weren’t so lucky, ending up circling the car-park several times before finding a spot.
We headed off to the Eastern side of the Derwent dam to take our usual route towards Howden. It’s an easy walk along a wide, well-made (albeit unmetalled) track that doubles as part of the circular cycle track that encompasses both the Derwent and Howden reservoirs. As we had plenty of time and the Howden dam’s only a 30 minute walk away we decided to extend our walk as far as ‘slippery stones’ which is at the end of the Northern most finger of the res’ before continuing around the West bank. The first leg is along a track which turns into a metalled road all the way back to Fairhomes. Here’s a selection of pictures.
One of the impressive towers of the Howden dam seen from the Eastern side. Like Derwent dam, these were built in Victorian Gothic style. The Western finger of the Howden reservoir, showing just how little water remains. Looking North up the Northern finger of the Howden reservoir towards ‘slippery stones’Just South of ‘tin town’ are these remains of a bridge from the works railway used in the construction of the dams. This ran for 7 miles from Bamford to Birchinlee (aka ‘tin town’ after the corrugated iron shacks built to house the workforce).Looking North along the Derwent reservoir from Hern Side with the towers of the Howden dam in the background and the old railway bridge in the foreground. ‘Tin town’ was located on the woods to the left of the bridge. You can learn more about the construction of the dams and reservoirs from this link.
We ended up walking about 10 miles around the reservoirs before getting back to the car-park. As you can see from the pictures, it was a lovely day – and one where a gentle breezed prevented us from overheating en-route. On the way home we had one last stop to make, at the Woodhead reservoir East of Hadfield. It borders the old Manchester to Sheffield Woodhead railway (hence the name). It’s another res’ that’s retreating rapidly, as you can see from this picture.
Frankly, I can’t see any chance of the water levels in these reservoirs improving this summer. We’ve had some desultory rain showers over the past couple of days which has done little other than damp the dust down. There’s no proper rain forecast in the future either, so I expect future pictures of these reservoirs will look even bleaker. Watch this space…
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I hadn’t intended writing a reservoir blog today. Far from it. We should’ve been at the Southport flower show, but yesterday I was stung on the lefthand by some flying critter which – unbeknown to me – had landed on my long camera lens when I was taking pictures at Deansgate. As I swung the camera up to grasp the lens I felt an electric shock, then saw something fly off in an erratic fashion but not before the little bugger has left me a present jabbed into the joint of my index finger. I thought no more about it as it stung but wasn’t too much of a problem – until I woke up this morning…
Overnight, my left hand had swollen up like an overstretched balloon, with the skin displaying some interesting if alarming colours and the centre of the sting looking very angry indeed. So, a trip to A&E it was! Calderdale Royal infirmary is a modern hospital with excellent staff, but waiting times in A&E can vary considerably. Today wasn’t the best day as we spent all morning there, however, the Asian Doctor who treated me was really very good, being both thorough and informative. The result was I came away with lots of good advice and reassurance plus a course of antibiotics as the sting was clearly infected.
All of this put paid to going to the flower show.
Instead we spent the much of the day pottering around at home. My arm was in a sling so I wasn’t able to do too much, leaving poor Dawn to bear most of the domestic burden. Dee’s been a star throughout, hanging around with me in A&E and driving me where I needed to go – as well as picking up on the jobs I’d normally be doing.
By late afternoon we’d both had enough as the weather was superb, so we decided to nip out for a while. At my suggestion we drove up to Baitings reservoir, just to see how things were going. The answer? Badly, as these pictures illustrate.
Looking towards the dam from the old road bridge which is normally submerged.I walked further along the dry reservoir bed to get shots of the two bridges together which shows how the stream that feeds the reservoir with water off the moors is reduced to a trickle. Looking at the old bridge I’d estimate that levels have dropped by at least 6 feet since our last visit. The parlous state of the reservoir. Yorkshire water reckon their reservoirs are around 42% full right now compared to the seasonal average of 75%. I’d suggest that Baitings is far lower than that. Give it another few weeks and I doubt there’ll be much left at all.
Tomorrow we might make another attempt to attend the Southport flower show. My hand seems to be responding to the antibiotics, antihistamines and Ibuprofen (even if I do rattle when I walk), but we’ll see how things are in the morning. My view is – as long as it hasn’t dropped off during the night…
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Yesterday the weather was perfect for an amble around another reservoir in another area that we hadn’t previously explored – only driven past. Widdop is one of a series of reservoirs on the moors above Hebden Bridge, heading towards Colne and Burnley. You really are on the top of the world here. The reservoir is in a valley surrounded by steep-sided hills with some interesting rocky outcrops along their crests.
Sadly, there’s no circular walk around the reservoir, but that wasn’t a problem today as the water levels were so low it was possible to walk along the dried out banks. Shrinking water levels have reduced the size of the reservoir by 50-60% and around 15 feet in depth.
We started out by walking across the dam itself before scrambling uphill to the ‘Cludders’ a ridge of gritstone crags with some fascinating stones, including one that’s perched precariously atop another. You can learn a lot more about the rocks and the surrounding geology by copy and pasting this link;
The scramble’s well worth it, as the view from the rocks (and the rocks themselves are stunning.
Looking North-West from the Cludders up the valley towards Lancashire. Looking back towards the Cludders from the South shore of the reservoir. Looking East towards the dam from the far end of the reservoir, which gives you an indication of how low it is.
We thoroughly enjoyed the landscape and have vowed to return to explore more as there’s an extensive network of footpaths across the moors to surrounding reservoirs. The only sad note is the fact that the one country pub in the area (the Pack Horse Inn, dating from 1610) closed down earlier in the year, so if you plan to visit, bring your own refreshments.
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Today, after a busy morning at home sorting out various chores we decided to abandon Bigland Towers and make the most of the cooling weather to get out for a walk and explore somewhere new. The state of the counties reservoirs is a hot topic as we’re one of the few places with a hosepipe ban – despite the fact you can’t walk far in Pennines without falling over a reservoir!
We decided to drive up the the hills above Walsden and Mytholmroyd, where the Calder valley snakes around the moors and head for a trio of catchments, namely the Warland, Light Hazzles and White Holme reservoirs.
But first we stopped off at a location we’d visited the other week. Baitings Reservoir (at the bottom right of the map), where the level has dropped a good 2-3 feet since our visit on the 7th. The old bridge in the picture has become quite a tourist attraction!
Heading on up the hill we parked the car on the road down to Cragg Vale before heading off along one of the dirt roads that form much of the walk, which isn’t strenuous as the area is actually pretty flat. The area’s popular with dog walkers, but that brings me on to a real gripe. The gate from the main road is a dumping ground for bags of dogshit. I mean – why? Do these people believe in the existence of a poo-fairy, who will magically remove them because they’re too lazy to dispose of them or don’t want their precious cars contaminated?
Take it home with you – or don’t have a dog. Why should the rest of us have to put up with yours and your dog’s mess?
First stop was White Holme reservoir, which – was only down by a few feet, not bad compared to some. The levels left these little beach areas exposed, which would have made a pleasant place for a picnic.
Next was the Light Hassles Reservoir, a narrow body of water that bridges and connects the other two bodies of water. This seemed to be at its normal level.
Before heading on to the third and final reservoir we took a detour to admire the views, which would be superb on a clear sunny day, because you can see right across to Manchester – and beyond. En-route to the viewpoint we passed a few dozen cows which were grazing or drinking, supremely unbothered by the odd human walking past, disturbing their idyll.
Cows ignoring us and the views, with the skyscrapers of the city of Manchester visible on the horizon. Hollinwood lake in the foreground, the warehouses of Milnrow in the middle-distance and the city of Manchester on the horizon. I’d love to pop back here on a clear sunny morning to see how the view looks.
Having taken time to soak up the scenery we continued on to the last reservoir – Warland, which was suffering from the lack of rainfall.
That’s a lot of missing water!
This particular reservoir was bult in the 1850s by the Rochdale Canal company to ensure a ready supply of water to keep the canal across this part of the Pennines open. It was extended in the 1920s by Rochdale Corporation Water Works, who left their mark with stonework like this.
We really enjoyed the walk, which covered around 4 miles. We’d loved to have explored more (Stoodley Pike is only a short walk away) but we’d run out of time. Instead we headed home via Cragg Vale and a couple of drinks in the always welcoming Robin Hood pub where I managed to make the young lady behind the bar’s day. She spotted my camera which I lent it to her for a while so that she could have a play after she’d knocked off work. Having studied photography she was delighted to be able to muck around with such a serious piece of kit. I love being able to do that!
The heatwave is due to end this next week with rain predicted on Tuesday. I doubt it’s going to make much of a difference, so expect more reservoir blogs over the summer…
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We’ve had an interesting day here in West Yorkshire, and rather a sobering one -despite having visited a couple of pubs. We nipped out for lunch at the Robin Hood pub in Cragg Vale near Mytholmroyd, a hostelry where we’ve not eaten for ages. Funnily enough, we both plumped for the same thing. Home-made Haggis and black pudding pie served with chips and gravy. Talk about filling! Neither of us could finish our meals – even though we’d ordered one portion of chips between us! The rest of the repast came home with us in a cardboard ‘doggie bag’ to be savoured later.
Burp!
On the way back we decided to pop in to a local reservoir just to see how things are going. Whilst we’ve had some rain recently, there’s been nowhere near enough to top up supplies, and some reservoirs are getting dangerously low. Like this one. Baitings reservoir.
Looking East towards the dam and Ripponden. Here’s looking the other way. The old bridge you see has only reappeared a few times since the dam was constructed in 1956. This has happened twice since 2020.
Our curiosity was piqued, so we visited several more reservoirs. Here’s one many people will recognise as it can be seen from the M62. This is Booth Wood, with the M62 in the background. Not as bad a Baitings, but perilously low for July.
Our last port of call was another location visible from the M62. Scammonden.
What’s noticeable here is the way plants have colonised the sides of the lake, which shows just how long the levels have been low..
There’s no heavy or persistent rain forecast – the opposite in fact. So these levels are only going to get worse. Still think Climate Change is a myth and this is just normal and nothing to worry about? Think again.
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It’s a new week and I’m back blogging after a few days off due to being busy at home. Dawn’s returned from her latest Surrey sojourn which means we’ve had a lot of things to catch up upon. Sadly, Dee’s been knackered after her time down South so I’ve been stepping in to take over various chores.
Added to that has been my ever-changing work calendar which now sees me trying to arrange some short-notice writing jobs in order to free up time later in the month for other travels. Oh, then there’s been the weather. Today’s been one of the hottest June days ever in the Pennines. The results aren’t yet in – but it’s not likely to have been short of the record reached in 2015. The fact so many records have been reached (and broken) over the past 20 years is worrying, but the Climate Change denialists still dismiss the changes and increasing average temperatures as just ‘weather’ (ignoring the graphs and mountains of other data).
As someone who’s not young enough to worry about how the climate will be in 20 years time, I’ve been enjoying the sun (if not the sweating). Having spent the morning working I was happy to get out for a walk into Sowerby Bridge in order to stretch my legs and pick up some shopping, then enjoy a stroll along the Calder and Hebble navigation (a fancy name for the canal heading East from Sowerby Bridge). Mind you. you’re not going to be going anywhere West from Sowerby Bridge on the Rochdale canal – because it’s dry. The pound below the Tuel Lane lock (the deepest in England) is barren and unnavigable due to a shortage of water. Several canals are suffering from the drought, including the Huddersfield narrow canal in the Colne valley next door. The UKs canal network is a fantastic resource, but it’s already being hit by climate change as weather patterns alter and droughts become more common.
I took this picture in mid-May. The scene is even worse today as that narrow stream from Tuel Lane lock behind the camera has become a trickle. It’s especially sad as the UK’s canal network helps tackle climate change, as the Canal and River trust explain on their website.
Anyway, that’s today’s picture – both photographic and pessimistic. In the meantime, I’m determined to make the most of the planet we have – whilst we still have it! What you buggers decide to do with it after I’m gone isn’t my concern. But perhaps think about what your children (or grandchildren) may inherit?
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This morning I woke up to the news that the convicted felon and rapist Donald Trump has managed to persuade over 50% of American voters to elect him the 45th President of the United States of America.
Or, to put it another way – we’re all fucked.
Because this is not just about America. Not at all. This is about the most powerful country on the planet falling into the hands of an imbecile, a narcissist opportunist who doesn’t believe in democracy, or climate change, or any of the values that are the glue holding the world together. Only himself and his cronies.
We’re all in for a dark few years. Oh, Trump will only be around for four years. It’s the blink of an eye in many ways, but the damage that he can do in that time is incalculable. The only winners in this are the billionaires and dictators like Putin. The people who’re increasingly setting the agenda and paying the piper – only in the end the money will be taken from all of ordinary mortals, as it always is.
There’s fools in this country (like Farage) who’ll be cock-a-hoop at the news. The right-wingers and supposed nationalists who are dumb enough to believe Trump is someone the UKs ‘friend’ when the opposite is true. There’s going to be some very hard lessons being learned over the next four years.
I fear for Ukraine right now. Putin will be breaking open the champagne in the Kremlin. Trump was his investment, the best President his money could buy. The EU needs to get it’s act together now and realise that NATOs biggest member is about to become a sleeping partner. Europe can no longer rely on the US for its defense against Putin’s warmongering and expansion. I hate to say this, but Europe needs to re-arm because there’s a very real danger that if Putin wins in Ukraine, he won’t stop there – as he’s made clear. NATO (and that means us, the UK) could well be in a shooting war with Russia before Trump is gone.
But this isn’t just about America, or Europe. It’s about the whole planet.
Climate change is out of control. Politicians made a commitment to limit global warming to an increase of 1.5degrees. We’re nowhere near hitting that. The current projections are that by the end of the century temperatures will have increased by 3.1 degrees. Most people have no idea how disastrous that will be – for everyone living on this rock floating in space. No-one is going to be immune. With a climate-change denier in office for four more years the chances of getting on track are the worst kind of net zero, so go see places like the Maldives (or, ironically, places like Clacton) now, because they won’t be there when your grandchildren become grandparents.
The world has just become a very much darker and depressing place…
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The green party of England and Wales that is. The Scottish greens (who already support building HS2) are a separate party.
This policy change came about yesterday at the party’s conference in Manchester, when a vote (previously delayed by several years) was held. The motion to support was passed by 52 to 48%. (hmm, where have I heard that ratio before? Ed). You can read the full details of the motion passed and the amendments agreed here on the Greens for HS2 website.
The motion ends 15 years of the party’s hypocritical opposition to building a new green railway which had left the party looking very silly. It simply wasn’t credible to say that they supported building high speed rail ‘in principle’ but then vehemently opposed it in practice.
The change is a credit to the hard-working members of the party who’ve spent years trying to get this policy altered and give the green party its credibility back when it comes to railways.
Now, a cynic might say that it’s funny how this has come about now that the opposition to HS2 in the wealthy South (where a lot of Green members live) is moot as the project is well on its way to completion, but that shouldn’t detract from the success of the pro-rail party members.
What effect will this policy change have? In some ways very little. Yes, it give the party its credibility back, but as the Greens now have 4 MPs in Parliament it adds another pro HS2 group to the Commons. This could put pressure on the new Labour Government to begin to undo the disastrous decisions by the previous Tory government to cancel the 2nd phases of HS2 that render what’s being built unable to deliver the capacity increase our railways so desperately need to get modal shift from road/air to rail. This chart sums things up in a nutshell.
This is why (despite my strong criticisms of the party in the past) I welcome the party’s change of heart.
However, I still have some concerns. It’s clear that some of the old guard in the party aren’t taking this well – especially those members in the Lords (Natalie Bennet and Jenny Jones) who’ve been such avid and intransigent opponents of HS2. They’re bound by party rules to support party policy but Bennett has already gone on record in saying she won’t do so on HS2. Not that it really matters as HS2 has massive support in the Lords so Jones and Bennett are in a tiny minority, but it does pose a problem for the party’s internal discipline. What matters more is that the green party leadership and its MPs support the policy. of course, there are the more ‘but, trees!’ eco-fundamentalists and the old hard-left who saw HS2 as an extension of fighting the class-war still in the party, but I’m optimistic that the Greens per se are starting to appreciate that the party’s position on HS2 was unsustainable.
All in all this is a very welcome move.
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