IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Tisbury, SALISBURY, SP3 6PY

Seen across the southwest corner of Fonthill Lake. The track across the dam curves up past the edge of a small wood.

The colour is not just an effect of the camera - the lake water appeared exceptionally green, even close-up.

In 2000 part of the film Chocolat was filmed on the lake. The film from the 1999 novel by Joanne Harris starred Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judy Dench, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp and Carrie-Anne Moss.

The lake was created in the 18th century by the damming of the Fonthill Stream, and it was once part of the estate of the eccentric millionaire William Beckford.

The lake at Fonthill is a beautiful setting gathering water from winter bournes and springs on the chalk downland.

Alpacas are primarily used for fibre production and breeding stock but also can be companions or therapy animals.

There are a number of small islands in the lake, which provide the wildfowl with nesting places.

Looking along Fonthill Lake from the dam (Image) on a damp and gloomy day in November. For a view in better weather see Image by Trish Steel. The lake was created in the 17th century to provide hydro-electricity to power a nearby flax mill, after the closure of the mill the water wheels were used to pump water to the estate buildings. A new hydro-electric scheme has now been developed to provide power to the estate with any excess being sold to the National Grid.

A group of sulphur tuft fungi growing amongst beech trees close to the shoreline of the lake at Fonthill, Wiltshire.

This scarlet, shallow cup fungus is to be found growing either solitary or in groups, usually in damp situations on rotting wood under coniferous and broadleaf trees, often under leaf-litter. The shores of the lake are ideal for it.