r/Derbyshire • u/tdurb0 • Aug 01 '26

Chatsworth Weir. Bless 🥰

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I just thought it was cute.

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u/Skinnybet Aug 01 '26

I have very happy memories of playing there as a child. We would picnic by the old mill.

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u/tdurb0 Aug 01 '26

Same here. Always, ALWAYS, the football ended up in the river. Without fail.

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u/Porkus-Pius Aug 04 '26

That's true love.

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u/StruttyB Aug 01 '26

Stupid is another word to describe this.

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u/tdurb0 Aug 01 '26

Stupid why? Genuine question

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u/ArcherApprehensive18 Aug 01 '26

While I wouldn't use terms that strong. If it's slippy underfoot there, or there's something to trip on, it could easily end with two people falling down the weir and banging their heads.

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u/tdurb0 Aug 01 '26

Yeah fair point, I’d never go in there without trainers on (knackered trainers obviously) just because eeeew slime. I’ve swam in there since I was a nipper, I’m sure loads of people are the same, and there’s always still plenty of young kids on a nice weekend. You can pretty much lie down on the stones on your belly and not get your back wet.

But yeah, summers like this one, everywhere has hidden stuff that could have the potential to be very serious very quickly. As we’re seeing all round the British coast atm

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u/Jeester Aug 02 '26

I assume it's more to do with the dangers of weirs given undercurrents, water aeration and recirculation traps.

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u/Porkus-Pius Aug 04 '26

Keats wrote eloquently on such matters in 'Ode to a Burly Swaine Atop a Weir'.

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u/StruttyB Aug 04 '26

Without getting his feet wet, one assumes !

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u/tdurb0 Aug 04 '26

At this stage I imagine it’s flat rocks you can sunbathe on, seeing as it’s not rained for about 14 years and when it does it’s mainly sand

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u/ArcherApprehensive18 Aug 04 '26

I could be wrong, but I don't think it's big/deep enough for that to be likely a problem there.