Despite the hot weather July 23, 2006

Where I live there is no shortage of water. The levels of the Lakes and the reservoirs are pretty much as per normal. Thirlmere Reservoir-Lake is about the size of a man down, if you look at the discolouring of the shoreline. Someone told me that the pipe that takes water from Thirlmere to Manchester, to feed and wash the population there, is about the size of a man – you can walk in it. Indeed they did when it was being emptied for cleaning. Does Manchester really need our Lake District water? I thought it rained enough around Manchester? The pipe is up and running again, sucking our water away.