After The Deluge...

Remember last week's deluge? We thought you might like to see what a rapid delivery of gallons of water did to the stream that runs beside the Doctor's Gate bridleway that runs from Glossop up to Bleaklow. See map.

This is the bridge by the farm at the bottom of the Doctor's Gate bridleway

To give you some idea of the amount of water involved, several cars floated off down Glossop High Street and one was lifted onto a five-foot wall outside the Queens pub in Old Glossop. Running along the bridleway next day was almost unbelievable - normally the brook is around 10 to 15 feet wide, but in places the overflow looked like an African flood plain with flattened grass, boulders trundled down by the water and deposits of mud from higher up the river.

And looking up the other way - those boulders weren't there a week ago...

Further up we found fish on the path, the beginnings of a bank collapse and, oh yes, the parapet has been ripped off the bridge at the bottom of the path.

Slightly wider than usual...

You can't see it in the pics, but even the day after the main rains, minor streams which are normally not even noticeable were swollen to mini white-water torrents.

Further down the river - usually it's only around 15-foot wide at this point...

Oi, no fish allowed on the path...