This latest book has had the distinction of pulling me down quite a few research rabbit holes. This one led to quite an unusual little spot that ended up in the book after all: Ebbing and Flowing Well.

Named in historical lists of Wonders of the Peak District, Barmoor’s ebbing and flowing well sits near the junction of the A623 aand the A6 near Sparrowspit in Derbyshire.

This intermittent spring, which no longer appears to flow as it once did, appeared to be tied to weather and its effect on an underground reservoir. When the spring flowed, the water would be expelled from the spring’s mouth, at a rate as high as a thousand gallons a minute. Later, that water would ebb away though natural drainage outlets. The entire process of filling and draining might last only a few minutes. During very dry seasons the well might cease to flow for weeks at a time. In wet seasons, it might flow two to three times in an hour.

There are several of these ebbing and flowing wells to be found throughout England. Just the perfect setting for a dragon fantasy, isn’t it? If you play with Google maps abit, you can see the farm house in the distance as well as the walled path which appear in Miss Georgiana and the Dragon.