Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Carbrook

A view from last year when we took a walk in quite a different little area just a few miles from here. It’s at a place near Carrbrook Reservoir, just following the little stream up valley and the we came to this. Enjoy full size.

Well not really, it is in fact a view over to ‘Buckton Vale Quarry’ near the small town of Mossley and nearby Carbrook. We have followed the ‘New Direction’ road as seen in the preceding picture and now we have this fine winter vista. We had intended to walk down to the foot of that large dome where there is yet another small reservoir but these dark clouds forced us to turn tail. ps the quarry is used for gritstone and sandstone extraction. Enjoy full screen.

Another moorland view, well above the hamlet of Carbrook. Here we also see an old pump-house and metallic structure. I once read that a large pipeline ran from another more local reservoir; Chew, to these just below me; Swineshaw. The idea was that the slightly higher Chew reservoir could keep these four reservoirs here topped up. Furthermore these here are all used for drinking whereas my local ones in Saddleworth are not. The tripod construction sits over a covered grid dropping deep to that pipe, so no doubt was used with a winch for transporting materials up and down the shaft. The pips shows Swineshaw reservoirs and Chew reservoir in Winter. Another best viewed full screen.

Our second big outing on the ease of our lock-down. At the foot of the Pennines here, not far from my home, a view of nature and mans work combined. You don't see too many walkers up here at all. Beneath us are two of the four reservoirs comprising what are commonly known as the Brushes Reservoir group. The nearest one here is 'Higher Swineshaw' with' Lower Swineshaw ' just in the far distance. To get here we have walked about 2.5 miles up past the reservoirs and over the dam wall of the higher reservoir. We are actually on a rather nice narrow path that still has the old iron railways lines just about showing under the grass, that once transported stone from the quarry's behind us to help in the building of theses reservoirs. Listen with me here and hear the sound of Meadow Pipits in the rustling grasses. Nice full screen.