Washingborough Fen: aerial 2014

Image: © Chris Taken: 11 Mar 2014

Of all the shots I took on this glorious day I think this is my favourite, because there is so much of interest in it. The view is northwards across the River Witham, flanked by the North and South Delph. Villages of Cherry Willingham and Fiskerton left and right. On the near side of the river, top left are the drains called The Longstongs, running into Longstongs Delph, which runs alongside South Delph. At the near end of the Longstongs, behind the line of houses and road is the course of the disused Car Dyke (the Roman waterway, not the place you dyke your car on a frosty night!). Left of the flooded field, at the edge of the South Delph, is a pumping station. The big farm left of the reservoir is Ings Farm, on Five Mile Lane, which leads to a footbridge over the Witham and the adjacent delphs. The Car Dyke continues, as a functioning drain along the near side of the road (B1190) running diagonally from Ings Farm to the white on the right.

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