We made the most of the lovely weather and went for a walk around Stocks reservoir. This is a really interesting local site. Once a village, with three farms, cottages, a church, a vicarage and a school, Stocks in Bowland was flooded by United Utilities in the early 20th century to create a much needed reservoir to service the local area. My Gran always used to tell of the time my great-grandfather volunteered to exhume the graves of the church to give its occupants a less-watery final resting place. Gruesome. Today the church is outside of the reservoir limits and a thriving local archaeology site. As my friend Jen pointed out, it's funny how they care so much about it now, when they weren't bothered about flooding it only a hundred years ago!
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