The Aqueduct carrying the Bowland Main was designed by the civil engineer William Booth Bryan for the Blackburn corporation and opened in 1882. It carries water from the Brennand and Whitendale rivers to Fishmoor reservoir above Blackburn in Lancashire. A section of the aqueduct is visible near Dunsop Bridge where it crosses the river Hodder,Continue reading “Bridges over the River Hodder, Part One; The Bowland Main”
Author Archives: Northwest nature and history
Day Twenty Three of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
Rows of icicles On the tumbling rocks and falls Of the frozen stream A B-H
Day Twenty Two of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
Hard frost overnight The dead leaves on the Oak tree Glitter in the sun A B-H
Day Twenty One of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
With a fresh dusting Of snow on their thick fleeces Sheep graze on the moors A B-H
Day Twenty of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
Snow drifts on the lane Can get quite deep in places Cars can still get through A B-H
Day Nineteen of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
Everything’s still and Quiet in the snow except The whispering trees A B-H
The Sun Catcher
The Sun Catcher sculpture was commissioned by the Forest of Bowland A.O.N.B (now known as National Landscape) in 2014 as part of the area’s 50th Anniversary of being designated an Area Of Natural Beauty and stood on Jeffrey Hill for 1 year. It was one of 4 sculptures around the area and was designed byContinue reading “The Sun Catcher”
Day Eighteen of a Northwestern Advent Calendar
The brook trickles at The bottom of the field will It freeze over this year? A B-H
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