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Perhaps the dried out grass, and the heat in the sun was a deterrent for visitors to Haynes Park. If there was a cafe in the park maybe that would attract visitors.
I am surprised at how these little streams keep any flow at all as so much of the land at their sources has been built on and no longer has rainfall permeating through the earth.

John | 01.07.18 - 9:02 a.m. | #

Takes me back more years than I care to think of. Much of it seems to remain the same save the built up part of Gidea Park. We used to play along the Push N Pull Line on our summer holidays when the train didnt run between 10.13 amd 4.13 - how did I remember that? - perhaps because I'm a bit of an anorak! DG - Love your blog especially the transport posts. Long may it continue.

GP | 01.07.18 - 9:34 a.m. | #

That's a river I've walked a few times, but given my lack up uploading pictures to flickr or any updates to the 'blog no one knows about it.

David @DTL | Homepage | 01.07.18 - 9:36 a.m. | #

I believe that crossing over the Push-Pull, which is precarious in bad weather, is being considered for closure.

Silent Hunter | Homepage | 01.07.18 - 3:31 p.m. | #

Thanks for that walk, it took me back many years to school holiday time, damming up the stream in Haynes Park and playing football, roaming about. We were out all day and went home when hunger reminded us. That far end of the Park was always empty. The swings and maypole etc. were all very dangerous but we didn’t think about that. The riverbed there is very pebbly and it was almost impossible to dam it up but we had a great time trying. Its little valley sides are quite steep for Essex; you notice this when cycling around. I do enjoy your expeditions, wherever they take us.

Herbof | 01.07.18 - 10:41 p.m. | #

@John
Where surface water (run-off from roads, buildings etc.) collection is separated from sewage water collection, the surface water usually runs in its own pipes to the nearest water course. Even when there is no rain for long periods, there may still be water flowing in these pipes. This is because there is usually seepage into the system from the water table. As towns expanded, original streams / branches were often culverted, becoming part of the surface water drainage system.

Depending on the geography, the source of an original stream may have been a spring, or several springs along its way, the rate of flow depending on the height of the water table.

Because a stream is covered over, most of the water will be retained because there’s no evaporation, and so the source of the stream may be several miles away. Before the stream was built over, in dry hot spells, the water may still have been there at source but evaporated / soaked away further along the stream, leaving a dry bed.

Rog | 02.07.18 - 10:28 a.m. | #

Took me back to my childhood. The garden of our early-1950s house in Boscombe Avenue sloped down to the Ravensbourne which, in its pre-culverted days, became a torrent after heavy rain. Coincidentally, the "river" also bordered my grandparents' house in Ferguson Avenue (the opposite side of the road to your photo). And, of course, no visit to Harrow Lodge Park was complete without a paddle in the stream.

John | 14.10.20 - 11:59 a.m. | #











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