Kielder Water

[Darth Gogledd]

Alright lads, I need some help. I've got to do a geography project on Kielder Water Reservoir. I can do it all, but I also need to include opinions of people who may be affected by it. I know most of you are from near there, so what are your opinions on it?

Was it a waste of money, was it a pointless excercise? What about tourism in the area? Scenery destroyed? etcetcetc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Darth Gogledd]

Hello, anyone there?

 

[Why aye Cabaye]

I've never heard of it.......

But in developments like this I think Environmental Impacts are given a high priority (through Environmental Impact Assessments), but where is the Human Impact Assessment?

 

[Snorlax]

I went with my family there 5 years ago. There was a pretty cool mini golf course and cool bridge.

Are you at Uni or School?
I had to do Kielder Reservoir for part of my Geog GCSE

 

[Darth Gogledd]

i went with my family there 5 years ago. There was a pretty cool mini golf course and cool bridge.

Are you at uni or school?
I had to do kielder reservoir for part of my geog gcse

gcse.

 

[Snorlax]

gcse.

You culd get find some notes etc on le tinternet

 

[Colly NUFC]

I went years ago. It's pretty.

 

[MrToontastic]

I hate it, the amount of midgeys is ridiculous.

And a waste of money, it is not. How many times have the North East had a hose pipe ban?

That's right never in my life time! Boit time these southerns invested in reseviors rather than just banning hose pipes.....

 

[Cal.]

Only been there as a kid, seemed a nice place. It has giant moths though, and for that it should be burnt to the ground.

 

[Why aye Cabaye]

I hate it, the amount of midgeys is ridiculous.

And a waste of money, it is not. How many times have the North East had a hose pipe ban?

That's right never in my life time! Boit time these southerns invested in reseviors rather than just banning hose pipes.....

Ha, so there's never been problems with water shortages so they build a reservoir!

 

[Agent Bruce]

Only been the one time and although the scenery must have been affected quite a bit by all the redevelopment, nature seems to have taken it's course and put things back together again quite nicely.

 

[KazakhToon]

There's a beach at Kielder covered in flat round stones that are perfect for skimming. For that, it's ok in my book.

 

[Timmy's right glove]

Been there a few times, and there's a lot of outdoorsy-type tourist stuff there now. It was designed to provide water for all the industrial users along tyneside, but it was completed just after things started going downhill. It's got a load of really good mountain bike trails around it and is used a lot by walkers, and the area is still stunning. The reservoir itself has a couple of sailing/outdoor centres next to it. Pretty sure it's never broken even, but then there's never been water shortages either!

 

[Darth Gogledd]

Thanks guys, really helpful!

 

[goldie]

Waste of money! you're not allowed to swim in it.

 

[Albert's Chip Shop]

Good for tourism... Has spawned a new regional Marathon... Great for the community at xmas as they do Santa stuff. Overall good and means we dont have to rely on the cockneys for water...

 

[goldie]

Good for tourism... Has spawned a new regional Marathon... Great for the community at xmas as they do Santa stuff. Overall good and means we dont have to rely on the cockneys for water...

I believe you can catch a bus and gain medal position in the marathon

 

[TJR_NUFC]

It's a nice area and good for fishing.

 

[cabluigi]

I was a member of the sailing club for like 5 years.

There are always races every Sunday, there is a windsurfing club.

There is an annual Regata in August when the Yacht club members meet up with the Sailing Club Members.

There was a tragic accident there a few years ago, when a poor lass drowned

 

[MrToontastic]

Ha, so there's never been problems with water shortages so they build a reservoir!

haha, no, there has never been water shortages because they built the reservoir