This beauty sits on the National Trust property at Wicken Fen, where its spins us back to the time of a busy peat digging industry in the area.
Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, March 2020
This traditional windmill is the last remaining of six wind pumps that used to drain the turf pits here in Cambridgeshire. Thankfully, it has been renovated and put back to use, but now doing the opposite of what it used to do. It used to remove water, and now it brings water in, pumping it up from a nearby ditch and onto Sedge Fen.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 March 2020
Posted as part of All Seasons
Travel with Intent 
Beautiful light and colors here, Deb.
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….peat digging … I wonder why that is not done anymore … Love the artsy looking windmill, and glad it is in operation! About your response about the restrictions to stay at home – yes, I feel for them. Live in the forest, so there is no house without land around it. Wished I could share it with the appartment dwellers that have no outside opportunity. Have heard form a few sides it will take around 5 months to resolve itself, but I hope the restriction to stay at home will be lifted before that.
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How lovely! Nice that it is being used once again. #All Seasons
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Restored and repurposed. Wonderful 🙂
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Repurposed! Just the word I wanted but couldn’t grasp when I was writing it.
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I’m your ideas man Debbie 😀 😀
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How good is that, to see it restored and put a most useful new use!
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Yes, it’s a real beauty, and even better when you know it still has a purpose
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Definitely!
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