Zero. What a super report. It really was a lovely day and welcome to the top shelf of bore watchers.
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I was not expecting a good bore and so it proved but we still enjoy the wonders of nature. It was predicted, predicted being the operative word, a five star.
The key adverse factor was much too much land water also no wind behind the bore.
We watched it at Newnham then just north of the Severn Bore Inn and then at the weir.
Sorry we did not get to at least say hello. SWMBO stayed behind the barrier while I went down the bank.
The crowds were enormous especially for a weekday. We only just made it to the weir in time. The weir is usually a nice bubbling weir not the swirling state it was in so the switch off was not as dramatic as normal.
We watched a bunch of nutters kit up with their little lights on the heads and paddle out in the dark Sunday night. Then we watched them paddle back having achieved nowt.
Should have looked similar to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJAjpMiRCQ&feature=related
We watched from Newnham church yard and approx 100 guys paddled out and less than 10 got any significant ride as can bee seen on the BBC clip taken from Arlingham .
This is a view from Arlingham the English side
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8544902.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8544000/8544243.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8545000/8545694.stm
These sort of photos that are rare
tinyurl.com/yksdvgg
Click on Photos only at the bottom and then blow them up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtUmLLlm7S0&feature=related
Not good quality but a better idea of the force /size
An “on board” video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dva-J8VNOio&feature=player_embedded
We then went on to Ashleworth and The Boat Inn ( too early, they had not opened.)
Then to Shapwick in the Somerset Levels to see the starlings roosting display which was amazing. Dinner with a friend who lives in the area and a quiet late plod home completed an excellent weekend for us too.
ps A high def view
vimeo.com/9252141
Last edited by: henry k on Wed 3 Mar 10 at 15:46
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