The Mill Pool in the Sun..........

...............and it looked lovely!!

This picture was taken very close to Cogglesford Mill (sometimes referred to as Coggesford) which is a Grade II listed working watermill in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The mill sits to the north of Sleaford on banks of River Slea. There is archaeological evidence of a Saxon mill on the site and records in the Domesday book of later mills; the present redbrick structure dates to the late 18th century, with alterations from the 19th Century.

The ford from which the mill takes its name is where the Roman road now called Mareham Lane crossed the Slea. The original crossing, no longer there, is a few hundred yards downstream of the mill, close to the current footbridge.
There were many other mills along the river at various times. During the construction of the Sleaford Navigation, in the 1790s, locks were provided at each of the mills to maintain the necessary head. After the navigation closed and as the locks fell into repair they were replaced by weirs, and the weir at Cogglesford is particularly elaborate, having to maintain the head of this still working mill.

The cottages were derelict until 1990 and used as offices. In 2003, they were purchased by the present owners and are now a most pleasant Restaurant. (I will pop in for Coffee one of these days!)

Another sunny day hardly any clouds - Temperature at 3.15pm reading 53Deg.F. though feels quite warm with the sun on your back.

More water on large!

Last year's image was of a Stagshorn Sumac (rhus typhina )
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