This week saw a return to the Force Crag mine project. This is an important experimental project to deal with the polluted water flowing from the mine.
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| Site inspection to monitor water clean-up project. |
Alistair (NT North Lakes Manager), John (NT Water Adviser) and I met at the site with representatives from a number of organisations involved including the Environment Agency and the National Coal Board. We all need to meet regularly to discuss the effectiveness of what we have done so far and to make decisions about how we continue the work.
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| Disused mine shaft |
We took the opportunity to take more water samples for analysis to identify all the pollutants. I then carried on up to High Force to dig a ditch across one of the open shafts to stop as much water as possible actually going into the mine. We want to stop as much water as possible entering in the first place and also to treat what does.
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| Digging out diversion ditch - Reiver supervising! |
Reiver came with me to High Force and it turned out to be too much for her ageing joints – I had to carry her some distance back to the vehicle. She recovered considerably after a good night’s rest and is now her usual cheerful self but sadly for both of us that will have to be the last of her big walks.
If you have been following the blog for some time, you will have noticed that canoes have had several mentions. They are not always merely a leisure activity. Sometimes they can be very useful to access lake-side sites and John and I recently took the opportunity to check out a length of the lake shore and the islands. As you can see from the following pictures, our dogs are just as keen to take part as they are to go for walks!
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| One way for our Water Adviser to go to work! |
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| Spot the dogs. |
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| Three dogs in a boat (and one swimming ashore). |
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