Mast and Frothy Monks Mead

Mast and Frothy Monks Mead, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (Celebrating Light).

LR-15604 - High tides, heavy rain, wrong wind and a duff pumping station lead to flooding of reclaimed land created by an intention Victorian rubbish dump to create a barrier and a boating lake.

Monk’s Mead or Monkton Mead brook was apparently named by sailors who collected fresh water from the brook whilst their ships rested on Ryde sands. The sands has a long history connected to Henry VIII and the First Fleeter’s before sailing to Australia.
The fleet left on the 13 May 1787 and were made up of:
2 Naval Ships: HMS Sirius, HMS Supply
6 Convict Ships: Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough
3 Supply Ships: Golden Grove, Fishburn, Borrowdale
As for the canoe lake or the boating which was built dumping rubbish in the sea to create a barrier which maintains its levels originally the same as the low tide of the popular Ryde seaside resort.