(edit: it seems it has been resurrected by volunteers and is now the "Thorpe light railway" of which more on "one for the Train Buffs thread" here )
While even the most benign rivers can still be dangerous, I have always been of the opinion that the Tees is a river full of menace. Maybe that's from visiting High Force when very young, and seeing and hearing its tremendous power and its peaty stained torrents cascading over the cliff edge. Cant remember swimming down at Whorlton Lido, but I do remember a visit there when fishermen were catching trout at regular intervals from the peaty water.
Geograph supplies a few images, click on image links to enlarged image on Geograph page
Whorlton Suspension Bridge : 1831 © Copyright Hugh Mortimer and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. | Whorlton Bridge © Copyright David Robinson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. |
Lido swimming pool, River Tees (1971) © Copyright Stanley Howe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. | Whorlton Lido © Copyright Stanley Howe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. |
