It's a mill pond Martin, it was here when we came although we let it dry up and we dug it out to desilt it. It has sluice gates so we can divert the flow through. The river is called the Boondreigh River and it has been quite high this year with all the rain, it flows into the River Leader, which is a big river that eventually goes to the bigger River Tweed. The pond is fed in a loop from the river. The base of it is gravel and stones which were there already. We're going to get a little boat for it but we need it to be deeper which isn't a problem, we just need to find time to replace some of the sluice gates, a job a little down the list yet. We get swans on the pond and otter in the river and last year we had kingfisher and salmon which leap in September to get upstream. We have a group of mill buildings here, the usual mill set up - mill with wheel, millers house, a cottage and a kiln house which is semi-derelict at the moment - next year's plan. the site is good though, enormous tumbling bedrock everywhere so it looks dramatic.
All sounds idillic and it is, it's just all very much a work in progress and believe me, it continues to have it's stressful moments. I think about selling it all every week I think, but I know we'll get over that stage. Eventually ...
PS Jaykay managed to secure a bit of a beck running through her site so she can keep ducks and geese which is a good idea, she may have some tips.
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