Blakemere Moss, Delamere Forest, Cheshire John Osman I was inspired to revisit Delamere Forest by Colin Bell’s photographs of Dead Lake there. I felt that I had more success on this particular day with my images of Blakemere Moss, which is just across the B5152 road from Dead Lake. Blakemere Moss is described at as “…. a reclaimed wetland area. The Moss was originally formed from two kettle holes (water filled hollows formed by a detached mass of glacial ice melted in situ towards the end of the last ice age). Delamere Forest is made up of more than 100 peatland basins and includes several sites of rare ‘quaking’ bogland, a phenomenon in which sphagnum mosses form a carpet above peaty water that appears to tremble when trodden on.” That, and the forest itself, makes for an interesting location for photography. more