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21st July 2013 - Stocksbridge Leisure Centre, Salter Hills, Ewden Heights, OAL south of Pike Lowe, Cut Gate, Mickleden Edge, North America, north side Langsett Reservoir, Uskers (on old Railway track), south edge Underbank Reservoir, Unlivens Bridge - leader Lynn Oxlade - Sunday

Midhope Reservoir?

lunch on ruins of old army installations - which reservoir behind?

water drops on grass from rain the night before

gate chains fused together

peat cracking but still damp in other places - see moss earlier

Cut Gate path

Mickleden Beck

North America

pine trees cut down being replaced with native trees

The Porter of Little Don River

on north edge Langsett Reservoir

south side of Langsett Reservoir - Pike Lowe in gloom behind

tea at cafe near Langsett Reservoir

crumb gleaner

cows in shed north of old narrow guage railtrack (just north of the A616 road) used in constructing Langsett & Underbank reservoirs

discoloured water from old brick workings?

cut off ditch for discoloured water from Bracken Moor Brick Works to prevent it entering Underbank  Reservoir?

Underbank Reservoir

Underbank Reservoir embankment - spillway near side

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