Flooded Meadows from regular storms and excessive rainfall
Continuing the theme of capturing scenes from my local area, or as I have written before; ‘Close to my back door’, an opportunity arose this week to photograph the water meadows adjoining the River Piddle in Dorset.
Whilst flooding is a regular occurrence at this time of year I have never seen the water levels reach this height before. With the ground well and truly saturated, more rainfall in the coming days and weeks will only bring about further flooding to the area.
I was particularly pleased to capture the last image in this set – a photograph of the church and its reflection. I am grateful to the farmer who allowed me access to his land to make these photographs possible.
Oh and by the way welly boots are an essential item for this type of photography!
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I enjoy the reflections in the water in these shots. Especially the nearly-symmetrical, lozenge shape formed by the trees in the first shot. Perhaps this landowner should convert to fish farming, as some folks in the southern U.S. have!
I had to look up the River Piddle to be sure you weren’t employing a local nickname— and there’s really a Puddletown?! That’s great!
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Thanks Robert – I can add Piddletrenthide, Piddlehinton, Tolpuddle, Affpuddle, Briantspuddle and Turnerspuddle to the list of villages which all lie within the Piddle Valley. We have had more rain in the last 48 hours so I hope to get out with my camera gain when it stops. Sadly a number of dwellings have been flooded.
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