Lyth valley,Cumbria Because of rising costs, the Environment Agency has proposed turning off the pumps that bear drained this land for decadesIn November we paid the price for our warm, or dry autumn: weeks of incessant rain. I drove up to Helsington church to peep down on the flooded Lyth valley,with Morecambe Bay to the south, then the levels below awash and backed by the long, and wooded slopes of Whitbarrow.Intersected by field drains and the few causeway roads that bisect the valley,the farmland was almost wholly vanquished by water. What few sheep there were fed on higher ground – swans had taken up residence in their place.
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Source: theguardian.com