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Thrutch
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8 years ago

For some weeks there has been a stream flowing down the road in the Via Gellia, left side travelling towards Cromford, location between Grange Mill and the Ible turn. The water appears to be coming from a point on the hillside above the road. Not an easy place to stop and investigate and I have no other details. May be something or nothing. I was talking with a non-mine explorer recently and he mentioned a "drain" which ran the length of the Vial Gellia, which was "something to do with the mills" and which friends of his used to crawl along in wetsuits (some time ago I assume). This could be a re-interpretation of Cromford Sough facts and again could be something or nothing. Both posted here in case someone knows more and in case they are "something".

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caver1
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8 years ago

There was quite a stream flowing down the Clatterway road, going down a drain just by the Pig O lead before the main Via Gellia. Related?

Thrutch
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8 years ago

No - this is on the A5012 not far west of the Ible turning, where the hillside drops straight onto the road. Could be a blocked drain but it is well above the stream there and appears to come from higher up the hillside.

AR
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8 years ago

It's a spring rising on top of the Ible dolerite that flows down to the road and should disappear into a grate and thence to the brook. However, the grate appears to be blocked at the moment, hence the overflow onto the road

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

Thrutch
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8 years ago

Thanks AR.