My windows screen saver just scared the crap out of me

[tinkywinkyshandbag]

You know those landscape photos that come up on your laptop - I normally like them. But one came up today that gave me the absolute willies and now I am horrified and fascinated all at once and can't stop googling it! Google "ladybower reservoir plugholes" and you will see what I mean!!

don't like.

I am also drawn to pictures of really deep water but they scare me

I keep wondering what's down the hole...

God that is scary.

Have you seen those pictures of the deepest swimming pool in the world? It makes me feel very unsettled just thinking about it.

@tinkywinkyshandbag

I needed something to look at this afternoon!

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@BlueTongueSkinkton no but my Dad was a submariner and had to do that training thing where they strap you in and take you down into a really deep pool and then you have to swim up....

Oh love it!

I just looked it up on YouTube, it's mesmerising and now I want to go

This makes me feel better knowing what’s under there!

I googled “ladybower reservoir parking” instead Couldn’t work out what your issue was

I love the photos of jacobs well in texas but think it would scare me a bit to swim in it

[quote TurnOffTheTv]This makes me feel better knowing what’s under there!

[/quote] He's a bloody nutter 😂

@TurnOffTheTv that does not make me feel better at all!! However I did enjoy hearing his accent (grew up not far from there).

@DartmoorChef eek!!

Aaaaaagh

I'm not a fan either! Weird. Here's a story about a guy who climbed in. Very weird. www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-50318610

wow
thats scares me shitless , no way would i go near that thing

It’s very unnerving in real life. I’ve been a couple of times and it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!

What is really weird is when the water level is very low, there’s a whole village under there which was flooded to create the reservoir.

Please excuse me whilst I vomit for the foreseeable future.

Even worse!

40somethingJBJ I know, that's the really freaky part. I stayed not far from there one summer and a colleague knew the area and gave me 'In a dry season'' to read by Peter Robinson. Crime thriller about what happens one hot summer when the village reemerges during a drought!

@40somethingJBJ

What is really weird is when the water level is very low, there’s a whole village under there which was flooded to create the reservoir.

Yep - this popped up when o was watching the link upthread

I must've visited or been told about somewhere like this when I was little- I used to have recurring dreams about being able to see a village at the bottom of a really clear reservoir.

I'm so freaked out by the plugholes. And weirs. And canals. I once dated someone who lived on a houseboat and I had to walk across a lock to get to it- I was literally scared to tears a few times crossing at night.

Ha the Lake Berryessa one is terrifying - but it's called a Glory Hole!