Thursday 10 October
No work on Monday due to a variety of reasons, one of which was a Health & Safety meeting, another was the poor weather forecast. To make up, 6 volunteers were in today all fully refreshed and ready to go. To kick off, the rest of the stream along the perimeter on the down side of Winchcombe yard was cleared. Then after lunch we headed for Laverton to clear Culvert 6A and 6B. The up side headwall on 6B was rebuilt last year, it's settled in now and looks like it's been part of the landscape for ages.
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Dave in the stream at Winchcombe
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| Michael heads off down stream |
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| All hands in the ditch, Winchcombe Yard |
The stream runs back into a pipe to fall down towards the River Isbourrne, there's a small headwall that could do with building up.
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| Headwall on the pipe in Winchcombe Yard |
Work is due to start shortly on the installation of erosion control measures on Culvert 21A, that's the River Isbourne (the river's claim to fame is that it's the only river in England to run South to North).
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| Contractors staking their claim |
Nigel and Andrew cleared the path on the up side down to the river this morning, before going back to work on the stream.
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| Up side path to Culvert 21 |
The clearance along the stream exposed some partly buried rebar that we discovered last time the area was cut. We managed to remove the rebar this time.
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| Rebar, the brushcutters friend |
After lunch we headed off to Laverton to clear Culverts 6A and 6B. 6B is on the list for structural survey on November, hopefully the 2018 rebuild and repairs will stand up to expert scrutiny.
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| The service road up to Culvert 6B at Laverton |
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| Service road after a visit from the flail |
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| Culvert 6B up side headwall |
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| Culvert 6B up side headwall after clearing |
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| Culvert 6B down side after clearing |
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| Limescale build up on land drains running out into the down side of Culvert 6B |
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| Culvert 6A down side before clearing |
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| Culvert 6A up side before clearing |
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| Culvert 6A down side after clearing |
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| Culvert 6A up side after clearing |
Interesting thanks. I know i am going to regret mentioning this - but
ReplyDeleteall the "rivers" that drain the Birmingham conurbation (Ray, Cole, and the Blythe run from South to north, merging with the Tame at Coleshill and then the Trent at Tamworth. I will now take a cold shower!
Powli Wilson
The rivers Cray, Darenth and Medway flow north through or off the North Downs of Kent on their way to the Thames!
ReplyDeleteThe Tame joins the Trent at Wychnor (junction) not Tamworth the Anchor joins at Tamworth. Just a correction before I am picked up for the error.
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Powli
good spot on Bham rivers going north , however the Blythe goes west to east for some time before Hampton in Arden then north to the Tame .
ReplyDeleteThe river Dee flows north to Chester out of Wales though west east to Llangollen from Bala Lake . Neither are therefore pure North so the Isbourne is pretty unique with the Rea and the Cole .
The Murk Esk alongside and under the NYMR also generally runs South to North prior to emerging into the River Esk.
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