Those who get themselves to a part of the moors where there's nothing worth looking at except miles of monocrop heather may find their attention drawn to the eastern horizon.
An interesting activity somewhat better than twiddling one's thumbs is attempting to work out which distant power station is which. The Rotary Club were responsible for putting this excellent guide on a stone plinth at a suitable spot on Greenhouse Lane. From Blacka Moor the features would seem to be some ten degrees further anti-clockwise so Lincoln is almost exactly East, but the sequence is what matters: from North to South therefore we can see
Ferrybridge,
Eggborough,
Drax, then a gap before
West Burton,
Cottam and
High Marnham. Although those who have identified High Marnham may need to think again because the cooling towers
were demolished last month!! While the different distances from Sheffield are not substantial they vary in visibility for a number of reasons; weather, time of day and which ones are actually working at the time.
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