More features revealed from the depths of the reservoir
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- čas přidán 20. 09. 2022
- This is an update video to my video on Baitings reservoir. More features are revealed from the depths of the reservoir. As the drought in the UK continues. Water levels in our reservoirs are getting lower. Revealing features that have been underwater for years. Some of these reservoirs flooded valleys that had buildings and bridges that are still there and only become visible as water levels subside in the UK drought conditions.
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Here is the link to my original video czcams.com/video/P-xE1WGJQAI/video.html
Are you going to do a vid on the new park in Manchester, apparently its the longest stretch of the medlock in the city centre.
It's a shame that the footbridge didn't reveal itself, however at this point I think it's better if it never does. Scary to see how much water we've lost over the dry spell.
It’s lovely to see the things what never see light of day but when they do appear it spoils the mystery and wonder
Mostly because of gross mismanagement of wayer reserves by the privatised water companys.
now imagine that dam wasn't build...than the problem would be much, much bigger..
Wow! What a difference a month makes! By the way, the maple leaf on your jacket did not go unnoticed by this Canadian gal! 🇨🇦🍁 Cheers!
The smaller dam revealing itself is possibly Victorian from the shape and design of the stones. Definitely built well before the big dam and not connected to its construction, which is entirely concrete.
I was there last week and there's a beautiful cove revealing itself with high stone cliffs near the waterfall you filmed. Sitting there it's so easy to imagine the area as it looked before it was flooded. Crazy feeling to sit somewhere that probably hasn't been seen or touched for 70 years.
The quality of the stonework on that bridge 😍
It's fascinating to see what has been revealed but it shows how the drought plus the water consumption by people has changed the landscape
Thank you very much for sharing this video
Very interesting, we have a flooded village reservoir about 10 miles from where I live, just over the border into Wales, we went about 5 weeks ago to see how low it was. We could see signs of the old village , garden walls etc, but I saw it about 30 years ago much much lower where I could see what’s left of the roads and houses but in those days cameras had films to develope so no pics sadly
That's our history that is being revealed, thank so much. Have a great day,
I don't think people realise that before rivers can flow at normal levels the ground has to be re-hydrated first and given the lack of rain so far this will take a long time. Let's hope winter is a wet one because if not next summer will be challenging.
Lovely suprise that Martin, thanks chuck. 🤗🐾🐾🐾
Thanks Sarah
That's scary, all that water gone. About time the water companies repaired all their leaking pipes and we consumed less water! Thanks for the update
Great video! Every few years water level in the dam near my town is lovered for maintenance. I love walking the underwater grounds when they do it.
Really enjoyed that thanks Martin. We see that so much in Australia . Mind you we have had the wettest winter ever, lots of floods. Thanks so much for the share. Please stay safe and take care
Love your carefully lined up comparisons, nobody does this as well as you do. Many thanks!
Thanks for documenting this Martin. It maybe the last time this generation sees this, and future generations will look back and see something that if you had not recorded, would be lost forever. Great video.👍
Yeah thats the thing, you never know when its going to show again
@@MartinZero So true... At my time in life I know I'll never see it again, although, I have seen the drowned village of Tryweryn, Llyn Celyn once and, possibly as the water level drops I may see it one more time. History, and the past needs to be saved and you are doing a grand job, keep it up.😄
@@dilwyn1 if you see the bottom of Llyn Celyn please make a video
Thank you for the video, a great walk for anyone to do.
Good of you to go back and show us what's been revealed at the reservoir since your visit last month, Martin. It's incredible that items have been hidden away by the depth of water of the years, and now come to light during this very dry year. Many thanks for this showing.
Thank you, sir! Love these videos. So much history submerged, so exciting to see when we get the chance 👍
Great video, I have never seen it this low. I do remember in 1989 it being really low and below the dam wall being littered with stolen motorbike frames, old safes and the coin boxes from phone boxes. I am not sure if it was Baitings or nearby Scammonden they found the remains of some dodgy car dealer from Manchester that had been weighted down with chains. Those dam walls have seen more than their fair share of nefarious business.😲
“Roy’s a bit mad” you’re epic, thanks for being ace 😊
That is so cool to see, I love watching your videos of the history in your country, I wish we had that kind of hidden history in Michigan
this is just what i needed today .. to see beautiful shots like always from mr Zero of places i will NEVER see with my own eyes
Thank you Brian
hope you can keep us updated Martin, thanks for the follow up, very interesting
Brilliant footage, you're capturing history, then & now
Thanks on the quality update, always love seeing your take on what it is you're seeing. From a fellow Salfordian.
Very interesting update. Thanks for showing us this.
Absolutely fascinating.
Thanks for recording the situation.
Cheers Tony
Thank you Martin for the update enjoyed it 😊😊
My guess is that the `bridge` was a temporary dam to control the flow of water when they were building the Baitings dam. The `sluice gate` probably diverted water through a pipe to emerge below the construction site.
On the 1" OS map Sheet 102 published in 1947, if you go across the bridge, in about a quarter mile there is a lane which heads back towards the river. I wonder if this is the path between the walls shown at 8:02 ?
Yep I reckon your correct
@@MartinZero Oh no my an English man that does not know that you’re right. Not on your left…. Lol keep bringing the vids
@@MartinZero i think it is, if you look at the 1892 25" OS map the FP leading down to the bridge runs at the angle you see in the footage.
Thanks for the update, very interesting.
Fascinating stuff Martin , thanks for the re visit 🤙🏽🤙🏽🧱👍🏼
Another great video, Martin. I'm glad you went back.
Wow, that’s so low. Thanks for going back. Fascinating.
Yeah unbelievable
Thank you for updating us on this.
Cheers Max
Oh wow!!! It's amazing and shocking at the same time... Thanks Martin. Great update. 🤗
Thanks for the update. So interesting. Keep up the great work .
Fascinating as always.
Thankyou.
Fascinating video as always Martin, great to see stuff revealed..... but scary at the same time.
Hi Martin how terribly sad to see how shallow this so very low , thanks guys for the update, regards liz x
Thank you Martin and Crew , beautiful setting . No Bodies like the Lake Mead videos .
Another brilliant video update cheers Martin.
Perfect timing, tea just finished. Just sat down, brew in hand and this came up on notifications 👍
Get yourself down there
Wonderful update. The change to the water level is most dramatic. Who would have believed?!!! Cheers and well done.
Martin, your videos are always so interesting, i never get much done once l log into your channel, keep em coming mate , absolutely brilliant, thankyou
Fascinating video Martin 👍
Shocking! Thanks, Martin.
Thanks Martin, for a fantastic update on this reservoir. Some of the previous commenters sound about right about the history of the engineering involved. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Nice video, Martin. Thank you.
Wow what a change in month, thanks for the update
Crazy isnt it Pete
Thank you so much for all the hard work you do. I do indeed hope to set foot in your country and look upon theses gems for myself. Astounding work sir.
Thank you very much Christopher, I hope you visit
I really liked this one. Mixing in today and yesterday. You have a passion which I recognise. Keep it going. I wish I was a history teacher, we could give our pupils a link to you channel. Absolutely captivating
Thank you for the update
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks Martin, please keep us updated. If you liked this, I've also been following Sin City Outdoors over in the States with their updates of the situation at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas. It's worth a watch. Cheers Martin and to Roy for his contribution. Subscribed!
Thanks for the update. It seems unbelievable that it has gone so low.
Hi Ruth
Hi Martin, I've just discovered your channel full of extraordinary and fascinating videos. It's an amazing channel you have. There has been many a long late night clued to the laptop. Top rank my friend, 😀😀😀
Thanks for the update Martin. Bit scary that the water level continues to fall. It's going to take a bit of filling!
Fascinating thanks Martin 👍🏻
Fascinating footage and possibly something you might only get to see once in a lifetime.
Cheers for this, good vid very much appreciate your time and effort.
Thanks for the update.
Love the artifacts! Imagine the coins!
Brilliant footage Martin, quite probably once in a lifetime occurrence.
The lack of water is concerning. However, what this reveals is most interesting, and, above all, the photography in this video is painstakingly informative, due to the angles, and accompanying narratives. Brilliant. Well done, and thank you M.Z.
Thanks Martin, great idea to do a revisit!
Great video as usual Martin , sad to see the water level so low but also what an ideal time for the water company responsible for this reservoir to do some maintenance/ dredging etc
Thank you for posting
Great update video Martin nice surprise, I can't believe that no hose pipe ban has been put in place for Lancashire and surrounding areas but it's great to see these otherwise really hidden gems that you're showing us today. Thanks for sharing if we don't get much rain soon we will see even more as the water coming out looks more than what's going in at moment.👍
It has in Yorkshire,where this is.
Does Manchester get it's water from lake District or Wales?
Thanks for the update Martin. I'd seen somewhere on Twitter that the water level was even lower. I had to travel upto Hull last weekend, and the various reservoirs that straddle the M62 motorway also pretty low.
Fascinating what lies hidden from the past yet so close to the present keep up the great work 👍
Cheers Nathan
Amazing - great work Martin 👍
These videos have blown my mind! My sister lives a mile away; sadly because of work don't have the time to visit! So massively appreciated these incredible videos! Much love and thanks from the South! 😇
Thank you 👍
@@MartinZero Thank you my man!! ♥️🙏
Interesting update. Thanks.
Nice surprise mid week video.martin...wow what hides beneath ...its amazing how much water has disappeared..Great work as always made my day when it notified me you had posted a video...take care luv and light xxx
Thanks Paula take care
The ground across the country is bone dry from the summer, especially in the south. What's happened is alot of the rain has been absorbed into the soil or taken up by plants and trees. The water level will go up soon as the wet weather in October normally swings in.
Fascinating Martin, but at the same time worrying that, that much water has gone this year 👍👍
Hi Martin. I reckon your suggestion of the walls/jetties in the reservoir possibly having a sluice mechanism at one point, would be quite a strong possibility. Just a minor detail, but the fences on each jetty/wall going across them (blocking any access, not the ones on the sides) suggest a smaller dam, or indeed, as you suggested, a sluice. The fences just remind me of that prominent kind of feature often found at the top of dam walls.
Cheers, kind regards, GWR
Yeah its like what they put on Pipe bridges. Be nice to know, or a pic would be good. Take care 👍
Yeah, looks like some form of earlier attempt at a Dam doesn't it.
The bit sticking up at the end of the wall definitely looks like a valve actuator
@@MartinZero Hi Martin. I have emailed you some information 👍
Would they not have had to build a dam, to build the Dam ?
Fascinating stuff as ever.👍👍👍
This is so very interesting..
Thanks. 😊🤗
Wouldn't even believe structures like this lye below the water surfaces. Great video Martin.
Thanks James
Great update. I bet you didn’t expect to re-visit so soon.
Great Video again Martin. I have read a lot of comments saying they must be draining it. I wish that was true. West Yorkshire especially the Worth Valley & Keighley reservoirs are so low that a temporary pipeline is having to be laid to pump water from Calderdale. Without it we will run out of water.
The ground is so dry we have family who rely on spring water for their homes . They ran out of water at the beginning of summer. Last time this happened the water table raised so slowly it took until Christmas before the tanks started filling up. We need it to rain and keep raining other wise next year could be so much worse.
Springs and wells thag feed farms in mid Wales have also dried up.
7 months of beliw average eainfall over winter followed by a hot summer...
Next year will be worse unless we see above average rainfall from now until March
Wow! I can't believe how much that has gone down in a matter of a few weeks Martin, that is going to take a few rainy days. Amazing under that bridge though it was built to last I'm glad they didn't bulldoze it.
Interesting stuff 👍👍 there's got to be more reservoirs revealing unseen items locally. Great video.
Yeah there are more Paul
@@MartinZero hope you can show some on here. Keep em coming!
Thanks for this update Martin. It's just amazing how much the water level has continued to drop despite recent rains, revealing even more secrets. I understand that it's important for the reservoir to refill but wouldn't it be great to see some more evidence of just where that footbridge was, before it does?
Cool update. Thanks
Great update video, thanks for going back. Definitely looks like there was some kind of weir there before. My cousin has been sharing some photos just the other side of the hill and it looks so green, perhaps that Post10 bloke is lurking about up there
Good luck from Spain!!
PS: The reservoirs look equally depleted over here too.
Cheers David, going to take months isnt it
Nice little Wednesday night treat. Cheers martin 👍🏻
Another great video, thank you
Thanks Michael
Baitings Res feeds Ryburn. Most reservoirs are connected to others further down the valleys. Obviously the lowest res fills up before the higher ones hence why they take so long to all fill. We are still on a hosepipe ban in Yorkshire, it’s ruddy raining as I watched this video tonight.
The water companies are profit before service like many others
One day of rain doesn't mean it's wet. Look at long term averages.
But yes, water companies should not be private. Private companies need to make profit, which is fully understandable, so allowing a basic resource to be monetised (especially when we all paid for the infrastructure already) is just criminal.
Hello Martin! I saw a video taken by drone only this morning of this dam and how much lower the water had fallen, was going to leave a comment about it on your original video, but you've beat me to it with this update!
Glad you went back
It's always amazing to see all the history lost under our many reservoirs!
Also the fact that it was often just left as it was before the flooding, rather than all being cleared or levelled first.
We don't have enough reservoirs
@@thebrowns5337 Absolutely correct! Many of these existing reservoirs were built in the first half of the 20th century. The authorities back then were more forward thinking in planning for increased water demand. But The UK hasn't built any major reservoirs in over 30 years, despite the huge increase in population of the UK and the more unprecedented weather patterns. These projects take years in the planning stages & years to build, down here in Hampshire, we are in the early stages of planning a new reservoir near Havant on the south coast, but it'll be about a decade before it's supplying water to the area.
Nice one Martin well iteresting🙂✌️
Another enjoyable video mate .. 👍
Thanks for the update Martin.....let's hope we have some rain soon but not the sort to cause flooding but a steady run off from the land to cover this hidden landscape for another generation
Loving the historic update. Guess where I’m going weekend!! I will take your advice thoe.
Yeah dont try to get on that Jetty
Interesting thank you for the update Martin that did look like some form of sluice gate in the middle of the reservoir at one time
Yeah i reckon a sluice
Top content as always, man I love this channel.
Thank you Tom
Thank you!
thanks for that update martin,nice one. brian d.
Cheers Brian
It is amazing how dry everything is at the moment. I go past a handful of reservoirs in my job as a trucker and in all the years Iv been doing my route I have never seen them as low as they are at the moment
We had a really dry winter. Below average rainfall for 7 months running.
People never see it like that they just remembed the rain. And nobody appreciates the drizzle we get does not do much in terms of topping up rivers and reservoirs and the intense rain is so intense our dated infrastructure has no chance of capturing useful amounts of it. I think this is why many still don't believe in climate change... they don't see the figures or how that impacts things like storage, levels etc.
So while the storage got us through this summer next year might be a bigger issue. Expect hosepipe bans next summer unless we get 7 months of above average (120%) rainfall (and that's not the long term forecast which suggests it'll be an average winter). Lets just hope it's not dry!