I can’t think of it as town, officially it is. But whatever you call it, Whaley Bridge in the High Peak of Derbyshire, is facing is biggest ever crisis. The dam of the reservoir above the village holding 300m gallons of water, has started to fail.
and the town has been evacuated. We are safe, well above the flood zone, and we’ve family, two dogs and a rabbit staying with us.
It’s a fast changing and unprecedented situation.
Mixed media and textile art
Projects and news from UK writer Jo Bell
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Colouring Outside The Lines
Loving bikes and cakes since 2014
Watching nature take its course, from the top of a hill in northern England
Human-powered mountaineering from Canada to Mexico
A site about swimming and life
Posting old photos using various camera phones taken during my travels. filtering in black and white (obviously) and currently focusing on usa parks
Wandering. Wondering. Writing. About global dynamics such as sustainable city development, energy transition, and climate change.
MTG Hawke’s Bay is a place where people, objects and ideas meet.
Exploring the Lake District and beyond
A behind-the-scenes look at DOC's conservation work.
A 4,500km trip around Tasmania in search of the Platypus and other Australian oddballs, November to December 2016
Saving thousands of at-risk audio recordings across the North West of England
Color and texture in everyday life
Watching nature take its course, from the top of a hill in northern England
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