After the drought of 2022, when the reservoir was shown as virtually empty, the wet summer of 2024 has gradually refilled it.A screenshot from footage taken with the Mini3Pro.

What an amazing rural view.    Good to see the reservoir full once again.  

Was it spilling over the dam?     I visited one recently and it was several metres under the overspill point.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-16 02:14
What an amazing rural view.    Good to see the reservoir full once again.

Thanks RDB. Still some capacity left for the Winter.

DAFlys Posted at 9-16 02:39
Was it spilling over the dam?     I visited one recently and it was several metres under the overspill point.

No overspill yet, but it's back to normal levels now.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 02:54
Thanks RDB. Still some capacity left for the Winter.

Good to know is still has some capacity.  Where does the overspill water go to?

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-16 03:20
Good to know is still has some capacity.  Where does the overspill water go to?

Back into the river Sett

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 03:40
Back into the river Sett

Good plan.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-16 03:44
Good plan.

About 4 miles downstream it meets the Goyt in the gorge across the road from us.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 02:55
No overspill yet, but it's back to normal levels now.

So a little more rain and you should have the overspill back too?

Great landscape and the resorvoir is unscathed.

Great shot! Those green fields are look amazing! The make me I wish I was Shaun the Sheep

DAFlys Posted at 9-16 04:34
So a little more rain and you should have the overspill back too?

Possibly. I don't get up there very often, to check.

FF_Shooter Posted at 9-16 05:15
Great shot! Those green fields are look amazing! The make me I wish I was Shaun the Sheep

   Sheep may safely graze - no wolves in England.

What a lovely view of the reservoir and surrounding area - that’s a great picture

Codgerzh2 Posted at 9-16 07:42
What a lovely view of the reservoir and surrounding area - that’s a great picture

Thanks. The last time it was that full was a couple of years ago.
Seen from Kinder Plateau on that occasion:

BetterBizTech Posted at 9-16 04:42
Great landscape and the resorvoir is unscathed.

It was pretty dry in summer 2022

Amazing work

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 08:00
It was pretty dry in summer 2022

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Yes I remember. It' looks pretty good now. Unfettered by all of the previous work.

pkaeg Posted at 9-16 08:19
Amazing work

Thank you

BetterBizTech Posted at 9-16 08:20
Yes I remember. It' looks pretty good now. Unfettered by all of the previous work.

Are you confusing it with Toddbrook reservoir?

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 08:31
Are you confusing it with Toddbrook reservoir?

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Maybe. YOu had a reservoir up that was drained.

BetterBizTech Posted at 9-16 08:36
Maybe. YOu had a reservoir up that was drained.

Yes, that was Toddbrook. Drained in 2019 to save the dam from collapsing. They've been working flat out to repair it ever since.
Kinder reservoir is in the next valley over, to the North
Many of our local reservoirs became critically low during the drought of 2022, and have been gradually refilling ever since.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 08:43
Yes, that was Toddbrook. Drained in 2019 to save the dam from collapsing. They've been working flat out to repair it ever since.
Kinder reservoir is in the next valley over, to the North
Many of our local reservoirs became critically low during the drought of 2022, and have been gradually refilling ever since.

Oh I thought they were deepening and rebuilding them.

BetterBizTech Posted at 9-16 10:15
Oh I thought they were deepening and rebuilding them.

Not sure if I pointed to this link at the time.
It's quite informative:

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/a ... toddbrook-reservoir

Nice to see.

Depp Posted at 9-16 11:14
Nice to see.

Thanks. I see you've  arrived
Settling in?

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 03:48
About 4 miles downstream it meets the Goyt in the gorge across the road from us.

Okay, now looking at a map it all makes sense.  

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 11:31
Thanks. I see you've  arrived
Settling in?

I never settle in as I never stay two nights at one place. Otherwise: so way I'm doing all right.
Are you driving over?

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-16 13:22
Okay, now looking at a map it all makes sense.

The source for the Kinder and Sett is to the East of the reservoir, of course, on the Kinder plateau.

Depp Posted at 9-16 20:50
I never settle in as I never stay two nights at one place. Otherwise: so way I'm doing all right.
Are you driving over?

Yes - apart from the Channel
Ferry for that bit

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 22:18
Yes - apart from the Channel
Ferry for that bit

Ever taken the train?

Depp Posted at 9-16 23:06
Ever taken the train?

A few times. But it's on the wrong side of Britain and France, for where we're going.
Portsmouth - Ouistreham is easiest. We leave at mid-day today.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-16 22:12
The source for the Kinder and Sett is to the East of the reservoir, of course, on the Kinder plateau.

I did see where the Kinder Rivers confluence with the River Sett was in Hayfield.  There was even a  guided tour at that location.

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-17 02:45
I did see where the Kinder Rivers confluence with the River Sett was in Hayfield.  There was even a  guided tour at that location.

Did it  show the old stone Bridge carrying the post road?

Blériot53 Posted at 9-17 10:31
Did it  show the old stone Bridge carrying the post road?

It did.  Dang, I can't find the site again as I was going to attach it.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-18 02:51
It did.  Dang, I can't find the site again as I was going to attach it.

I'll be up there week after next, I'll take a picture again

Blériot53 Posted at 9-18 07:42
I'll be up there week after next, I'll take a picture again

Only if you have time in your busy schedule Mr. B.  

Blériot, next time you visit tell those sheep not to get so close to the water before it overflows one day.

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-18 10:45
Only if you have time in your busy schedule Mr. B.

September will have been a busy month, for sure.
I'll need a rest when we get home from this holiday