Drinking Water ???

I suppose if you live near to the sea in Dorset, canals can seem small fry!
And so on a glorious 1st April, after having received a small hint, we went in search of a wider expanse of water. 

                           






            This part of the beach was a bit rocky!

But the local anglers, who tend to be grand standers of a sort, don't mind because they can fish without having to worry about a beach filled with sun seekers.  






Where is this fisherman's delight?

Here's a sign, which if you give it a click for enlargement, will tell you where we were. It faces a track, slightly longer than we thought when we started walking

 that took us up a slope to this.




As you can see it wasn't full,






which is the reason for this big blue pipe running up the distant bank: it is pumping water into Draycote Water from Leamington, where they have a surplus of water in the River Leam.










Severn Trent have an informative board here which explains where the water comes from and how it gets to your tap.
"Urrrggghhh:   I'm not drinking water any more!"