Work has recently started on de-vegetation of the Marple Aqueduct. This is hopefully the first stage in a larger project that is part of the Vision for Marple and, if funding can be raised, will include improvements to the steps and public footpath leading down from the aqueduct and passing underneath. By clearing some of the trees which almost completely obscure it from view, the scene could be returned to how it must have appeared to George Borrow when he first declared it "a wonder of the age". This project was first suggested on the Marple Website more than 12 years ago and it is great to see that there is now a will to do it!
Here are a couple of photos taken by Arthur Procter on 10 February and there are more in the Virtual Tour:
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-44
(http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/albums/uploads/new/aqueduct/Civic10212_024.JPG)
(http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/albums/uploads/new/aqueduct/Civic10212_016.JPG)
And here's how the view of it could be one day..........
(http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/albums/uploads/general/picture041.jpg)
(http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/albums/uploads/new/mlhs03/mlhs_aqueduct12.jpg)