Looking over Whittlesey Dike. Much of the land in The Fens has shrunk below the level of the water in the drains due to centuries of drainage. Dikes now have to be pumped into drains and drains pumped into tidal rivers.
Uploaded to Geograph by Richard Humphrey on 7 November 2012
Photo © Richard Humphrey, 7 November 2012.
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