Day 17 - Revisiting the Lakes

Over the last few years I have had a number of trips to the Lake District in the Uk, and if you want to see all the different ways water can descend from the skies, these are are places to go!

Today I have beeb reviewing some of the images I have which show the bodies of water and weather that you come across when walking pretty much anywhere in the lakes.

These are such important parts of the country. The elevations mean than clouds condense when different pressure fronts meet and the rainfall flows down into reservoirs and rivers, essential for our overall water supplies.

This becomes so relevant at this time of year when (in 2025 at least) hosepipe bans are already in place and more counties are declaring official droughts.

These images are of Haweswater reservoir in the Lake District.

Purpose made and flooding a small village to hold water back for consistency supplies across the whole region.

Finding out how many reservoirs are in the UK turns out to be tricker than a simple search, as there are different reservoir types. But in terms of raised reservoirs containing more than 25,000 cubic meters of water - there are 2.092 in the UK at present.

Thats 2.092 man made to at least man dammed areas to hold back water to ensure a consistent supply. That was a lot more than I originally thought and it makes you realise just how much engineering has gone into the water management system for a nation of over 50m people!

I also have some image here of some ridges where you can see the rain and clouds rushing over the edge to great effect:

This was wonderful to see and is one of the reasons to go hiking in these places - the sun here is evaporating the fallen rain back into clouds which go back into the cycle to fall again, probably somewhere only a few miles away.