Rons Rambles. Dorset, England.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:07 pm
The Up The Works Hoof!!
I was right up the works early this mornin` and I loved it! The Waterworks that is! There is a fine cluster of Victorian buildings, just where the village gives way to the fields that lead to the back edge, this is the water works, run by Wessex Water, which takes water from the ever reliable source of the River Jordan, filters it, and then pumps it to a reservoir on top of a near by hill. This is a wonderful quality of water to have a pure chalk stream , collected at its spring, and ready for use, ain`t we lucky!! This corner of the village is simply fascinating, with an ancient wood yard ( more on that later) and very old cottages, all in a happy little bundle! A place to live, work and love, not to mention prosper too.This is where folks would have built their houses back in the Bronze Age, and they were wise to do so, I do admire this part. Back through the village, the giant Duck in lights was winking at its friends on the duck pond, and I did not see a car or human soul on this hoof, good morning world.
I was right up the works early this mornin` and I loved it! The Waterworks that is! There is a fine cluster of Victorian buildings, just where the village gives way to the fields that lead to the back edge, this is the water works, run by Wessex Water, which takes water from the ever reliable source of the River Jordan, filters it, and then pumps it to a reservoir on top of a near by hill. This is a wonderful quality of water to have a pure chalk stream , collected at its spring, and ready for use, ain`t we lucky!! This corner of the village is simply fascinating, with an ancient wood yard ( more on that later) and very old cottages, all in a happy little bundle! A place to live, work and love, not to mention prosper too.This is where folks would have built their houses back in the Bronze Age, and they were wise to do so, I do admire this part. Back through the village, the giant Duck in lights was winking at its friends on the duck pond, and I did not see a car or human soul on this hoof, good morning world.