SOMERSET LEVELS 139 – JACK’S DROVE (MONO)

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The single tracked and tarmaced, Jack’s Drove, two or three feet above the floods, runs northwards across Tadham and Tealham Moors, south of Wedmore; 7 Feb 2014.

Here is the recent extensive flooding of the Levels, which was nowhere near as severe in this area as further to the south.  Jack’s Drove is tarmaced and single tracked; when vehicles meet, one has to pull over to let the other pass.  These droves were originally laid out between the fields to allow farmers and their livestock to access their pastures without crossing those of anyone else.  Most of these droves are still unmetalled.

In the background, most of the moor is underwater.  In the right foreground, the water-filled ditch bordering the road is just starting to overflow onto the adjacent farmland.  Two trees grow beside the drove, probably planted here to strengthen the drove’s banks and to help show the road’s course during floods.

Using Silver Efex Pro 2, the image has been given the look of a Tin Type,  a type of photograph common in the 1860s and 1870s.

D800 with 70-300 Nikkor at 70mm; 400 ISO; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Tin Type preset.
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