Pool by the River Slea

I've passed this pool a couple of times on a walk along the River Slea from Sleaford and never worked out why it is there. It borders the river but its flow into the Slea is controlled. The hut at one end of it appears to be linked with its purpose.The pool is clearly man-made, at times looks stagnant, and has reeds encroaching on it. My eye is drawn to it because the straw-burning power station can be glimpsed beyond and together, on a frosty morning, they make an interesting composition.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10

The disappearing River Slea

The River Slea has been a geographical feature of Lincolnshire since time immemorial. But near the area shown in today's photograph it periodically, usually in summer, dries up completely. There is speculation that this might be due to the extraction of water through nearby boreholes, or because of the permeability of the river bed at this point. It would be interesting to know if it dried up in the nineteenth century or in medieval times. That might help us to determine whether the reason was natural or man-made.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100