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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 20:48:36 GMT
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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 20:50:24 GMT
a couple of sheep shots just for Phil ;D
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Post by Dave on May 25, 2009 21:11:59 GMT
Well Stuart I'm so glad you bought that camera, really great pictures and what a really fantastic valley it is, maybe you could put up some information about it. I see I will have to up my anti ;D
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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 21:16:54 GMT
The first reservoir was Caban Coch which is where the church spire can be seen when the water is low, of the village that was flooded. Claerwen is the largest of the 5 reservoirs. The water is fed to Birmingham and I made my own personal contribution to the famous baltis ;D The lambs were just cute and for Phil's benefit  |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 21:23:33 GMT
Water for Birmingham, water for Liverpool is the story of several flooded valleys of mid and north Wales.
I once took a trip down the Elan Valley in a post bus which stopped to empty mailboxes the length of the journey. I was staying in a B&B in Rhayader run by a maniac ex-para whose sales pitch was "don't worry mate you're okay here as I do a ****ing good breakfast. Christ, I'm glad you're ****ing English rather than being from ****ing Cardiff!". Fortunately Rhayader Town, then in the League of Wales, were at home that evening which spared me the endurance test of a bout of sustained drinking around the town's pubs in the company of mine host.
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Post by aussie on May 25, 2009 21:23:34 GMT
Well Stuart I'm so glad you bought that camera, really great pictures and what a really fantastic valley it is, maybe you could put up some information about it. I see I will have to up my anti ;D They are very good shots, even the one with a wing mirror in it, but I seriously wonder how you can bring insest into the equation Dave! |
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Post by Dave on May 25, 2009 21:25:59 GMT
The first reservoir was Caban Coch which is where the church spire can be seen when the water is low, of the village that was flooded. Was it flooded on purpose? or was it a natural disaster, I have never heard anything about this before. are there any pictures of the spire sticking up. |
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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 21:29:03 GMT
Well Stuart I'm so glad you bought that camera, really great pictures and what a really fantastic valley it is, maybe you could put up some information about it. I see I will have to up my anti ;D They are very good shots, even the one with a wing mirror in it, but I seriously wonder how you can bring insest into the equation Dave!  |
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Post by aussie on May 25, 2009 21:29:07 GMT
Sorry!
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Post by chrish on May 25, 2009 21:31:08 GMT
Great pictures Stuart. Those dams would've had a certain Barnes Wallace licking his lips if they'd been built sooner. What a marvellous feat of engineering.
I wasn't brave enough to go anywhere near a road out of London this weekend but I will take the camera to Snowdon soon.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 21:36:10 GMT
Great pictures Stuart. Those dams would've had a certain Barnes Wallace licking his lips if they'd been built sooner. What a marvellous feat of engineering. Take a look at this: history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/dambuster2.html Some of the older reservoirs are now over a hundred years old and were the subject of much ill-feeling at the time which, long-term, helped the cause of Welsh nationalism. Further north the reservoirs served Liverpool rather than Birmingham (with Manchester tending to get its water from the Lake District and the Pennines). More at www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/elan/evrese.htm |
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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 21:37:34 GMT
The first reservoir was Caban Coch which is where the church spire can be seen when the water is low, of the village that was flooded. Was it flooded on purpose? or was it a natural disaster, I have never heard anything about this before. are there any pictures of the spire sticking up. It was deliberate but I can't find any pictures of the spire showing. It is rare that water levels are that low these days as it rains alot here |
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Post by Dave on May 25, 2009 21:42:49 GMT
Maybe someone can find an article about it, information like were people moved out, what buildings there was etc, this really fascinates me.
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Post by stuartB on May 25, 2009 21:43:26 GMT
Great pictures Stuart. Those dams would've had a certain Barnes Wallace licking his lips if they'd been built sooner. What a marvellous feat of engineering. Take a look at this: history.powys.org.uk/history/rhayader/dambuster2.html Some of the older reservoirs are now over a hundred years old and were the subject of much ill-feeling at the time which, long-term, helped the cause of Welsh nationalism. Further north the reservoirs served Liverpool rather than Birmingham (with Manchester tending to get its water from the Lake District and the Pennines). More at www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/elan/evrese.htmLake Vyrnwy serves Liverpool which we visited while on holiday in North Wales |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 21:43:58 GMT
Over in Derbyshire the church spire at Ladybower could still occasionally be seen for years after the flooding:  |
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