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2022.12.29** Thursday - solo walk along / then above More Hall Reservoir (M.H.Reser.) and Broomhead Reservoir (B.Reser). Walk nearly 7 miles.

Start at north end of M.H.Reser. Embankment (SK.287:958), ~S across embankment & spillway bridge, westwards along the full Southern Edge of M.H.Reser., N on rd (between Reservoirs) for short distance to look up B.Reser. Spillway, then ~S back on road to FP ~W up B.Reservoir Embankment, short distance N (then S back) on B.Reser. Embankment 'crossing path' (for views), ~WSW on Public FP on Southern Edge of B.Reser, At New Road join and follow the Permissive FP ~WNW between B.Reser and New Rd Westward, path then turns ~NNW (part away from Reser. Edge) then ~ NE to & over Broomhead (Road) Bridge crossing Ewden Beck (the main source of water into B.Reservoir), join FP ~NW very briefly along Ewden Beck, then turn ~NNE then ~E for ~500m passing or thru woods to cross Woods Brook, and turn NE (thru woods) then N (thru fields) between Low Flat Farm and Waldershaigh up to Heads Lane, ~E on Lane, but turn thru graveyard to pass St Mary's Church at Bolsterstone. (Lunchbreak taken on benches in front of Village Hall to the South of the Church). Then a few steps South down Village Rd and over stone stile ~E to and past Cote House (on its North side), continue ~E towards (but short of ) Height Lathe. At this point as it was very cold and windy - changed route & went on tarred access roads SSW and W to join Sunny Bank Lane at SK.282:964, and followed it ~SE to join and follow ~ESE on More Hall Lane towards Manchester Road (A6102), (but V turning before it) W on the access road ~1km back to M.H.Reser.

2 More Hall Reservoir - looking roughly SW from the embankment. Are all the depth meter measures uncovered?. While the upper Reservoir - Broomhead Reservoir is almost full (but still below its spillway crest level), probably little water is released into More Hall Reservoir below it. Hopefully both reservoirs will be full before Spring?

5 The More Hall Reservoir Control Tower which probably still releases some water downstream into The River Don according to legal requirements?

6 looking up the very empty More Hall Reservoir.

9 This looks like a renovated private house / hall below More Hall Reservoir - but is it an earlier water treatment plant converted into a palace?? The actual More Hall is apparently a grade II listed building at Grid position SK272597 - just to the South of More Hall Lane - but I have no other details.

10 looking NW across More Hall Reservoirs Spillway. The posts presumably are to have some permeable barrier added to stop 'things' from flowing down the spillway?

This reservoir was once used by yachts but these have been moved to Damflask Reservoir years back.

12 The access bridge over the spillway.

15 fungi

16 looking across the reservoir at 'Hollin Edge Height? . The actual More Hall - a grade II listed building - is apparently somewhere between the access road to the Morehall Reservoir and the lower part of More Hall Lane which goes up to Bolsterstone. But the building to the left is not the Hall.

To the right behind the embankment is the Wharncliffe Chase / some Farms / Crags. There is a good view of both reservoirs from part of this area

17 No 'rough' swimming permitted here

20 several streams feed into Morehall Reservoir, but it's main supply is from Broomhead Reservoir above it.

21 House above face the sun and are on the road up to Bolsterstone

28 Seagulls - more common than ducks on the reservoir?

32 The path on the South side of More Hall Reservoir

34 another one of the streams feeding More Hall Reservoir

36 A fairly recent construction presumably to stop large items flowing into the reservoir? Just behind it is a weir - possibly often covered by water? Was it part of some earlier mill system - see also next picture 39 and 43?

40 The Broomhead Reservoir spillway - no overflow at present.

41 The water here is probably released through a pipe either controlled at the tower? or possibly below to the right of this picture?

43 see pictures 36 / 37 with an old weir - any connection?

44 Broomhead Reservoir Embankment

48 On top of the Broomhead Reservoir Embankment - We did not cross - took some photos and returned to the South side of the reservoir

49 Looking West down Broomhead Reservoir. Broomhead Hall (in the Broomhead Park above) was apparently close to the projected centre line of this Reservoir but was demolished. The Park and Farm remain.

51 looking across at part of Broomhead Reservoirs Spillway - in corner on the North side near Tower - it seems that if the water level rises about a meter it should overflow. See also picture 61

56 on the Public Footpath running West beyond Broomhead's embankment

61 looking NE across Broomhead Reservoir. The spilway seems more clearly defined here than in picture 51

63 looking across at the North side of Broomhead Reservoir. It was later climbed up to Heads Lane

70 not yet the full 'East to West' extent of Broomhead Reservoir

71 This long footbridge is part of The Permissive Footpath along Broomhead Reservoir & the road. The edge of the road falls steeply towards the Reservoir here.

74 The top West end of Broomhead Reservoir near Broomhead Bridge crossing Ewden Beck feeding the Reservoir.

75 looking up Eweden Beck from Broomhead Bridge

79 a crossing over Wood Brook

82 buildings above along Head Lane - which runs from Hunger Hill Farm to Bolsterstone

89 Waldershaigh seen on the way up to Head Lane. Waldershaigh was built for Charles Macro Wilson in the 1860’s by John Brearley. The Reverend William Reginald Wilson occupied Waldershaigh after his brother’s death.