Shooting

I was impressed from the start by the way the film and photo crew got into position to take their shots.

and hear the words.

Their view depended on what they wanted to convey

such as a water creature put in glass to give a close up - not shown is PIp picking this creature up when it dropped to the ground.

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The commitment of the crew was clear when these shots were taken. 

Please note it was us that had gone with clothes to go into the sea.

A great film photo crew. Looking forward to seeing the shots they took.

We know some of the earlier shots taken are on posters in the Yorkshire Water stand at the Great Yorkshire Show this week in Harrogate. 

Lynn

Heading seawards

A full on final day of adventure was looking at the final stages of waste water control before encountering the real deal and hitting the waves in the afternoon.  Lyndsey and Clare at Yorkshire Water help look after the Yorkshire coastine from the environmental effects of climatic change and preventing direct and overflow sewage discharge.

Scarborough waste system is undergoing a significant investment of £50 million, nearly half of a total coastline upgrade programme to better manage the increasing levels of sewage we are pushing their way and to reduce the chances of overflow from heavy rainfall events and storms.  Lyndsey described a new and revolutionary modelling process that Yorkshire Water are using to predict the waste and sewage flows to ensure that the investments they make are cost efficient and long lasting.

The developments include several underground holding tanks squeezed between Marina Drive on the sea edge and the cliffs. This one was 32m deep - it looked a long way down there!

Tall cranes managed to keep clear of the fulmer populated sea cliffs.

From here, the waste is pumped in big pipes under the ground along the coast to a treatment works like that we saw yesterday at Esholt, albeit somewhat smaller.  This was built on crown estate, and was constructed to look like an original farm to fit into the beautiful coastline using a world first - a UV screening process to give the seaward discharge a final 'polish' before it went out to sea.  Certainly the walkers on the coast hugging Cleveland way wouldn't have recognised it as a sewage works.

The beautiful Yorkshire coast, unaffected now the Yorkshire Waters works are installed to deal with our  waste.

In a unique partnership to build a better environment for the Yorkshire coastline, Yorkshire Water, the Environment Agency and the local councils are working together to improve the coastline and sea water quality, aiming to achieve the recently updated and highly rated blue flag quality award for both beaches in Scarborough (currently the south beach is rated as excellent whilst the north beach is defined as sufficient).

After a classic Scarborough fish and chip dinner, we headed off to the beach, although we were waylaid by Hannah and Martha making the most of the streams at Scalby Mill to cool off.

Unfortunately the afternoons surfing session was so good, we forgot to get any photos, but our instructor, Andy, kept us busy with some great tips and we all managed to crack it, with some long bottom turns and tight kick backs off the lips as the break ran left (honestly, we really all did).  Well ok then, we did all manage to stand up on the board at some point, even if was when we were doing the walking the plank game!

At least we had loads of confidence in the quality of the water though!

A great weekend of Yorkshire Water adventures rounded off with ice creams and smiles all round!

Thanks for such a unique experience Yorkshire Water!

Dan

Nothing left to do

It's all over now nothing left to do but we still had a great time going on helicopters

Going to a water treatment works

                      

On day two we went to a resivware an did fishing an cycling

On day three we went to a suigworks then we went on a canal boat then we went pond dipping.

Finally on the last day we went on a walk along the cost then surfing or painting.

Martha

Beside the sea

Following on from yesterday's trip to the sewage works where the cleaned water is returned to the river, this morning we went down to the coast to see how the cleaned water is returned to the sea. Claire and Lindsay from Yorkshire water (bathing waters) took us to a site that is looking at improving the supply of sewage to the treatment works to improve the standard of water produced by the treatment works. 

Cleo and John who work on the site managed to explain how that works. Essentially MASSIVE storage tanks and tunnels to help accommodate the volume of water that currently overflows the normal system (especially following storms).

This was Dan and Evie looking down the hole. I managed to look but, sorry, was too scared to stay long enough to take a picture. 

We then yomped in true 'adventure family' style along the coastal path to see the improved treatment works and the pipe laying that had been put in to help accommodate the increases in flow.

We failed to see anything. Absolutely fantastic the work, thought and commitment to detail and the local environment that I am now learning seems to be the norm for Yorkshire water. (Work completed in time for the fields to be ready for spring planting and the farm in the distance is actually the treatment works)

It is hoped this work will help propel one of Scarborough's bathing beaches from 'good' into the category of excellent which would be fantastic for the tourism trade but obviously also the tourists when they go a paddling, which is just what we did next.

julie

(Incase you were wondering, Scarborough's other bathing beach already is classed as excellent so I think this shows a real commitment to quality) 

Fish and chips

Last thing yesterday, before we headed for the seaside, was a visit at the end of our boat ride to Rodley nature reserve to have a look at a brand new fish pass that has just been completed. We were shown round by Kathryn (Yorkshire water) and Rob (Rodley NR) who explained how the new pass will help fish return from the sea back up the river whilst allowing the weirs to remain.

The weir

The pass

 Even I noticed this was no ordinary pass. Not content with just building a ladder up the weir, Yorkshire water, in partnership with Rodley, have considered the bigger picture and have invested in a new style of pass that will not only allow fish up the river but will provide new habitats for all sorts of river wildlife.

As it is so new and groundbreaking, the team want to test it out and monitor its use so they are planning to insert chips into fish and then follow them through their journeys. 

Only I thought chips in fish was funny......

julie

c2c

C2C? 

Well WE got 2 the sea but S2S would be a better title because it was Sewage to Sea we learnt about to today.

 Understandably a coast to boast is a good idea.

A clean sea is certainly the best for people to play. More about that later.

Looking at how improvements are being made was very impressive.

Holes and tunnels to make sure cleanly processed sewerage gets to sea was interesting to see.

Great people to tell us the facts and to tell us about how they made sure the local community were happy about the disruptions they were making to one of their roads over 2 years.

 

Yorkshire Water are working with the Environment Agency and local councils - Scarborough and North Yorkshire 

Lynn

Bike wash

Great idea to have a water saving hose. Sam tried it out

Lovely

 Worked well when bike has not too much dried on mud but Sam not sure if there is enough pressure to wash off a very dried mud. 

Lynn