Aaah, the cerulean blue sky, the rolling green sward of the hills in the background, the deeper blue of the water, the outstretched limbs of the trees on the bank, oh dear sweet mother of Jesus the sucking hellhole in the foreground.
My advice, and you can take it or leave it at your discretion, is not to take your loved one out for a romantic jaunt on a lake in a dinghy with a hamper of scones and Pimm's if there's been a lot of heavy rain recently, and furthermore if said lake happens to be a manmade reservoir equipped with what some describe as a "bellmouth overflow" and others (more colourfully I think) describe as a "glory hole spillway", as there is a very real chance that you could drift inadvertently into one of these and emerge as an interesting dilute solution of mince and sawdust at the base of the dam a few seconds later.
The one pictured above is in the USA, but there are a couple in the UK. This interesting page has some pictures of what purports to be the biggest one in the world, next to the Monticello Dam at the end of Lake Berryessa in California, as well as some details of some other interesting (man-made) holes. The obvious hole-related temptations relating to Paris Hilton, yo mama, etc. have, mercifully, been avoided (well, except in the comments).
And yes, I know that's two dam-related posts in a few days. What of it?
5 comments:
Now that is a DAM big hole,
Marjorie.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Probably the biggest damn hole in Uttoxeter. With a side order of DAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNN.
Saw one of these at Llyn Celyn last week on the way back from Wales [Scenic Route from Trawsfynydd to Bala]. I remember thinking 'I bet that's fun at high-water!'.
That one's got a walkway out over it and everything. Ideal for Michael Jackson-style dangling of babies etc.
I wondered if you could Bungee Jump down it. Cool!
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