Upper Derwent MTB Classic
A good medium distance route with two significant climbs and descents looping around the beautiful scenery of the Ladybower and Derwent reservoirs. This route starts and finishes at the Bike Garage with an option to stop at the Upper Derwent visitor centre cafe halfway around the 17-mile ride. With two main climbs and two main descents, this route climbs 1,700 ft and is almost entirely offroad.
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Ladybower Resevoir
Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.
The area is now a tourist attraction, with the Fairholmes visitors' centre located at the northern tip of Ladybower. The east arm of the reservoir, fed by the Ladybower Brook, is overlooked by Hordron Edge stone circle.
Ladybower dam filmed on the Mavic pro and the osmo pocket.
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Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.
The area is now a tourist attraction, with the Fairholmes visitors' centre located at the northern tip of Ladybower. The east arm of the reservoir, fed by the Ladybower Brook, is overlooked by Hordron Edge stone circle.
Ladybower was built between 1935 and 1943 by the Derwent Valley Water Board to supplement the other two reservoirs in supplying the water needs of the East Midlands. It took a further two years to fill (1945). The dam differs from the Howden Reservoir and Derwent Reservoir in that it is a clay-cored earth embankment and not a solid masonry dam. Below the dam is a cut-off trench 180 feet (55 m) deep and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide filled with concrete, stretching 500 feet (150 m) into the hills each side, to stop water leaking around the dam. The dam wall was built by Richard Baillie and Sons, a Scottish company. The two viaducts, Ashopton and Ladybower, needed to carry the trunk roads over the reservoir were built by the London firm of Holloways, using a steel frame clad in concrete. The project was delayed when the Second World War broke out in 1939, making labour and raw materials scarce, but construction was continued due to the strategic importance of maintaining supplies. King George VI, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth, formally opened the reservoir on 25 September 1945.
During the 1990s the wall was raised and strengthened to reduce the risk of over-topping in a major flood. The original dam wall contains 100,000 tons of concrete, over one million tons of earth and 100,000 tons of clay for the core. The upstream face is stone faced. Materials were brought to the site on the Derwent Valley Water Board's own branch line and their sidings off the main line in the Hope Valley.
The dam's design is unusual in having two totally enclosed bellmouth overflows[4] (locally named the plugholes) at the side of the wall. These are stone and of 80 feet (24 m) diameter with outlets of 15 feet (4.6 m) diameter. Each discharges via its own valve house at the base of the dam. The overflows originally had walkways around them, but they were dismantled many years ago. The bell mouths are often completely out of the water and are only rarely submerged, often after heavy rainfall or flooding.
Water usage
Northern branch of the Ladybower Reservoir, showing aqueduct
The water is used for river control and to compensate for the water retained by all three dams, along with supply into the drinking water system and hydroelectricity generation.[5] Drinking water must be pumped to treatment works rather than using gravity flow as in the other two reservoirs, increasing costs.[6] The drinking water is treated at Bamford water treatment works by Severn Trent Water. Treated water flows south down the 28 miles (45 km) long Derwent Valley Aqueduct to a covered service reservoir at Ambergate to supply clean water to the cities of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The aqueduct passes through the park of Chatsworth House. The path of the aqueduct is marked by a series of valve houses built of stone and domed steel access chambers. A tunnel carries some of the water from the Derwent Valley eastwards through the hill and into the lower of the two Rivelin Dams to supply Sheffield.
Peak District car cam 2 (Snake Pass to Ladybower)
Journey from the summit of snake pass out of Glossop to the bridge at Ladybower reservoir. A left turn just before the bridge will take you up to the visitors centre where you can grab a brew and a bacon butt, footage of this can be seen on 'peak district car cam 3 (ladybower visitors center).
Footage taken 30-12-12
Ladybower dam
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Derwent MTB Ride.
A short mountainbike ride around the reservoirs of Derwent and Ladybower.
Derwent Valley,fairholmes parking area.
Me and jane took a little ride down ladybower area,A57 heading toward Manchester,lovely little spot for a short ride-out.
Ladybower Reservoir
Recorriendo Ladybower hacia el Visitor Centre para tomar el autobus de regreso a Sheffield.
COPG Peak District National Park
Bamford, Peak District National Park.
COPG weekend again, Based in Bamford.
Route:
Bamford Village - Stanage Edge - Derwent Moors - Ladybower Reservoir - Bamford Edge - Bamford Village.
7h30.
26km.
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Yorkshire Bridge Inn - superb Peak District hotel
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4 star Gold award Peak District inn and hotel situated by Ladybower in the very scenic Upper Derwent Valley area. 14 ensuite bedrooms. Great pub food and real ales.
Bakewell - Peak District Villages
and Presents the market town of Bakewell.
The picturesque and historic market town of Bakewell is the largest settlement in the Peak District National Park, and is well known to residents and visitors alike as the `Capital of the Derbyshire Dales. Indeed, Bakewells Aldern House is the headquarters and administrative centre of the Peak District National Park Authority, and the sympathetically restored seventeenth century Market Hall, with its miniature gables and twin-light mullioned windows is now home to the excellent Peak Park Information and Exhibition Centre.
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Sun over Ladybower
Evening flight over Ladybower reservoir.
113: Soudley Ponds and Blaize Bailey
FOREST OF DEAN WALK FEATURING SOUDLEY PONDS AND BLAIZE BAILEY VIEWPOINT
Soudley Ponds and Blaize Bailey”
Filmed 29th August 2018
Running time: 20 minutes
I revisit the village of Soudley with its picturesque ponds. My walk takes me briefly to an old Roman Road and then from Soudley Ponds I take in the fantastic view of the River Severn from the viewpoint at Blaize Bailey. I pass the Dean Heritage Centre before finishing my walk back beside the lovely Soudley Ponds…..
Filmed in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire. Locations include Blackpool Bridge and the Roman Road, Upper Soudley, Soudley Ponds, Blaize Bailey viewpoint, Foundry Wood and the Dean Heritage Centre. This is part of the series of films shot in 2018 celebrating 25 years of “The Solitary Rambler”.
Written, researched, directed, camera and sound, edited and music by Patrick Leach.
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Peak District Walk - Kinder Scout - Crowden Clough, Kinder Gates & The Downfall
This weeks wander sees me head up one of the more strenuous routes up on to Kinder Scout, the Crowden Clough Scramble. It's a really excellent way to get yourself up on to the plateau and has some interesting technical bits which make it very fun indeed. I had planned to meet my friend Tim at Crowden Tower so my scramble up Crowden was done at top speed. We then headed for the centre of the plateau through Kinder Gates over towards the Downfall. After that we headed to the northern edge via Sandy Heys and then along to Fairbrook Naze. We then made our way over the plateau once again to the Official Summit, Pym Chair, The Woolpacks, before finally heading back down Crowden to the car at Barber Booth. It was a really great day out and a mini tour of some of the highlights Kinder Scout has to offer.
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