Rachel said:
I heard that the two pots by the track above Crina Bottom (where the White Scar water used to sink) have been recently filled in and the water rerouted, although I don't know where to. It's part of a strategy to stop the water pouring out across the road and into the cellars of the houses up on Storr's common - the water board have been doing some work up there lately, but seem to have finished now. Does anybody know what's likely to happen to the hydrology up there now?
The water used to sink in Greenwood Pots, but now flows straight on down to Jenkin Beck, resulting in increased water levels and occasional flooding behind Daleswear.
The water was allegedly diverted in an attempt to stop it reaching the quarry at Beezley. So make up your own theories as to who was responsible. The water that crosses the road at Storrs comes from Bean Pot which drains from Dowlass Moss, not White Scar. This water still crosses the road when Bean Pot fills up, and is causing subsidence of the road as it washes out aggregate from around the road drain which was cleverly put there to 'solve' the problem of the flooding of the road. The end result, however, is that the problem is now worse as the drain sends the water back into Bean Pot, which continues to back up and eventually forces the water out of a nice new hole that is appearing at the side of the road!
As an interesting aside, White Scar Caves have also benefited from the blocking of Greenwood Pots as the showcave doesn't flood as often, hmm...
Cave Ferret
