1agos Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Does anyone no how Devils Garden on the River Weaver got it's name. Just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil TNC Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Frodsham Brewery have a theory that it was due to the old marl pits. http://www.frodshambrewery.co.uk/products.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1agos Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) Thanks for that Neil.. I shall have to try that ale now Edited May 13, 2015 by 1agos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil TNC Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Thanks for that Neil.. I shall have to try that ale now It comes recommended by my local (to Frodsham) mate who knew the link. He also told me to correct my tatty old website..,.as I refer to Devil's Garden as Devil's Kitchen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Does anyone no how Devils Garden on the River Weaver got it's name. Just curious Don't know but I am there tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Great place for picking sloes. haggis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 The water pipeline from Vyrnwy to Liverpool crosses the river there. The raised concrete pad in the corner of the field has valves underneath the "Liverpool Water Works" manhole covers, and you can hear the water running. I always fancied turning off the water to Liverpool for a giggle. MP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 The water pipeline from Vyrnwy to Liverpool crosses the river there. The raised concrete pad in the corner of the field has valves underneath the "Liverpool Water Works" manhole covers, and you can hear the water running. I always fancied turning off the water to Liverpool for a giggle. MP. So that is what it is, I guessed sewage, not much difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 It's a lovely spot. I wondered why it was called that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The water pipeline from Vyrnwy to Liverpool crosses the river there. The raised concrete pad in the corner of the field has valves underneath the "Liverpool Water Works" manhole covers, and you can hear the water running. I always fancied turning off the water to Liverpool for a giggle. MP. I'm not the only one then! Cheers Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) When we have moored there we are usually the only boat until last September. We moored and I set off on my hunt for sloes and encountered several folk walking (never seen any walkers there before) then I heard voices. When I returned to the boat we had been joined by 10 boats from the Broken Cross club (they had been at an event in the flashes) . We had a pleasant evening together but it struck us as amusing that we had picked an isolated mooring which was busier than any other bit of the river . haggis Edited May 15, 2015 by haggis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil TNC Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 When we were there last we were pestered by cows. You were more likely to disappear in a quagmire of cow pats, than Devil's Garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) For those that don't know what we are talking about Edited May 15, 2015 by ditchcrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter-Bullfinch Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 So....still no definitive answer after all this time! I Googled it and there was talk of single species of trees, ants, Formic acid and the Amazonian rain forest. The Weaver and that great river don't seem to have a huge lot in common. It's still a lovely mooring though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 15/05/2015 at 23:25, ditchcrawler said: For those that don't know what we are talking about Always surprises me that there doesn't appear to e any security on the covers or access to the platform. I suppose it is well out of the way so not known about by the oiks. (Until now|) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, dor said: Always surprises me that there doesn't appear to e any security on the covers or access to the platform. I suppose it is well out of the way so not known about by the oiks. The word of the day is "Ilks" (See separate thread - posted 21 hours ago so 3 hours left) Maybe you could have "Oiks" as word of the day tomorrow. Edited July 17, 2018 by Alan de Enfield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippysb Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 Not answering the original question but I think some of you might find this interesting. There was a well reported UFO sighting at the Devils Garden in the 70's involving a group of students and a landed UFO and spacemen and a cow. More importantly to me. My mum was from Frodsham and told me that there is a bit of a family legend about the place. Her dad was a poacher and told my mum and her 4 brothers and sisters never to go there alone as it was 'a bad place'. This was never explained but my mum said that this was not like him and that she felt he had good reason to say it. They had been there with him and it was a beautiful part of the river Weaver but she remembered him making a point of it when they were there. Prior to that, apparently one of my mums aunts was seeing a lad nearby and the Devils Garden was a convenient cut through for secret liaisons. She knew it wasn't somewhere she was supposed go after dark but with love on her mind she did so one night and saw what she described as a knight in shining armour in what was then a meadow at the Devils Garden. She ran home terrified and only told my mum and sister years later after she read the news article about the supposed UFO sighting. I'm not one for woo stuff but I remember my hair standing on end when my mum told me about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 15/05/2015 at 10:59, Neil TNC said: When we were there last we were pestered by cows. You were more likely to disappear in a quagmire of cow pats, than Devil's Garden! Not much changed. We too last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 When we moored there last, we were woken in the middle of the night by a huge wave moving the boat and splashing along. At least that's what it felt like: actually it was a cow, falling in between the boat and the bank. A long farago involving 112 and the fire brigade and very little further sleep ensued. MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, MoominPapa said: When we moored there last, we were woken in the middle of the night by a huge wave moving the boat and splashing along. At least that's what it felt like: actually it was a cow, falling in between the boat and the bank. A long farago involving 112 and the fire brigade and very little further sleep ensued. MP. But a pint of fresh milk at least for your morning brew? Assuming of course it was a girl otherwise that could have got messy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 hours ago, tree monkey said: But a pint of fresh milk at least for your morning brew? Since the cow was in the river up to her shoulders, I'd have needed SCUBA gear to collect the milk....... MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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