Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Lovely morning dog walk.
My picture of the day-Where's yours?
- Thread starter bigjim
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Lovely morning dog walk.
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
A windmill for a hobbit (or perhaps a character from Trumpton/Camberwick?)
Near le Couédic at the foot of the ladder of locks that climbs to Keroret/St-Gérand
Near le Couédic at the foot of the ladder of locks that climbs to Keroret/St-Gérand
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Tide's in.
newts
Veteran
- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
Tide's out.
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Currently trying to determine is this a buff tailed- , a red tailed-, or an early- bumble bee. The latter, probably.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Well that was nice... glad I looked out of the kitchen window at the right moment.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Blimey, are you sure someone didn't leave the plug out?
Animo
Well-Known Member
Doesn't take long to change up here. Falls of Dochart pictured. Yesterday evening you could walk out to the rock with the tree on it I've circled.
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
Not my photo – and definitely not from today – but worth posting here, I think.
This is the artificial lac de Guerlédan (a few kms west of Mûr-de-Bretagne) the last time the lake was drained for remedial work – the photo dates from July 2015 and was taken by a friend.
The lake was created in the 1930s by damming the river Blavet to create a hydro-electric plant. Around 20 locks on the Nantes-to-Brest canal were submerged, resulting in the canal being cut in two and becoming unviable for long-distance movement of goods.
The ‘normal’ level of the lake is clearly visible as the treeline in the distance.
One of the locks on the canal, the lock-keeper’s house, the route of the canalised Blavet and the canal towpath can all be seen after being under water for around the last 95 years.
This is the artificial lac de Guerlédan (a few kms west of Mûr-de-Bretagne) the last time the lake was drained for remedial work – the photo dates from July 2015 and was taken by a friend.
The lake was created in the 1930s by damming the river Blavet to create a hydro-electric plant. Around 20 locks on the Nantes-to-Brest canal were submerged, resulting in the canal being cut in two and becoming unviable for long-distance movement of goods.
The ‘normal’ level of the lake is clearly visible as the treeline in the distance.
One of the locks on the canal, the lock-keeper’s house, the route of the canalised Blavet and the canal towpath can all be seen after being under water for around the last 95 years.
newts
Veteran
- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
We were there in July 2015, awesome experience walking the valley.
Went back in 2016 to see it full.
bluenotebob
Guru
- Location
- central Brittany, France
Outstanding photos !
As far as I know, the lake used to be drained every 10 years or so - but whatever they did in 2015 fixed it for good .. so it's very unlikely to be drained again.
