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boats on the severn
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Jeremy Evans
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A lock cut at jackfield rapids they must be joking lol. The whole valley is slowly falling into the river at this point with loads of work being carried out just to keep the road alongside the river from ending up in the river. It will never happen and with a bit of luck the damn boat will sink or go bust this year.
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Adrian Williams
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I was down the river in the spring and the beach below where that thing is moored was covered with oil which had leaked from some piece of equipment they were using to repair that boat. When I mentioned it to the bloke with all the bars on his shoulder he basically said 'so what?'. 
I dialled a random number on my phone and had an imaginary conversation with the EA telling them all about the ducklings paddling in a pool of oil making sure he could hear me, He was issuing orders to the blokes repairing the boat to clear it up before I had finished my 'conversation'.
All this talk of heritage is pure bolloks it's a business and nothing more, it's owned by a consortium of local business men and the Admiral lives in a caravan behind the meadow pub. If they want to turn the clocks back a couple of hundred years they could start by sending Telfords feral youth down the mines.
Jes is right though, a lock will cost many millions, this is a place where the banks are constantly slipping into the river, In 1713 the bank slipped so much it blocked the river for over 24 hours and the river dried up all the way down to Stourport. The local Vicar conducted a service on the landslip and a few hours later the 'dam breached and the ensuing flood sunk all the barges which were moored at Bridgnorth waiting for the winter floods so they could continue their journey up stream.
All the modern bridges around here are only anchored to the bank at one end, the other end is carried on rollers, to prevent them buckling as the banks continue their downward slip.
If you do visit the area check out the famous Iron bridge, there's a few decent day ticket swims upstream on the right bank, most of the main spars have stress fractures and are repaired with steel plates, the apex in the middle of the bridge is now an estimated three feet higher than it was when the bridge was built simply due to land slip...And this is right in the middle of town.
The last boat that operated there a few years ago sunk when someone shortened one of the mooring ropes so the bow was forced under water the night the river rose by 12 foot.........My old fishing mate hated that boat and without fail he would put a couple of pouches of maggots in the saloon every time it passed him....And he wasn't alone in this pastime.
Jack died after suffering a series of strokes over a couple of years, I visited him in the nursing home the evening after the boat sunk and after I told him what had happened to it he managed a laugh, it was the first time he had laughed for weeks....It was also the last time he laughed as he passed on later that evening. With any luck he will be laughing again this winter if we get another sudden flood.
I dialled a random number on my phone and had an imaginary conversation with the EA telling them all about the ducklings paddling in a pool of oil making sure he could hear me, He was issuing orders to the blokes repairing the boat to clear it up before I had finished my 'conversation'.
All this talk of heritage is pure bolloks it's a business and nothing more, it's owned by a consortium of local business men and the Admiral lives in a caravan behind the meadow pub. If they want to turn the clocks back a couple of hundred years they could start by sending Telfords feral youth down the mines.
Jes is right though, a lock will cost many millions, this is a place where the banks are constantly slipping into the river, In 1713 the bank slipped so much it blocked the river for over 24 hours and the river dried up all the way down to Stourport. The local Vicar conducted a service on the landslip and a few hours later the 'dam breached and the ensuing flood sunk all the barges which were moored at Bridgnorth waiting for the winter floods so they could continue their journey up stream.
All the modern bridges around here are only anchored to the bank at one end, the other end is carried on rollers, to prevent them buckling as the banks continue their downward slip.
If you do visit the area check out the famous Iron bridge, there's a few decent day ticket swims upstream on the right bank, most of the main spars have stress fractures and are repaired with steel plates, the apex in the middle of the bridge is now an estimated three feet higher than it was when the bridge was built simply due to land slip...And this is right in the middle of town.
The last boat that operated there a few years ago sunk when someone shortened one of the mooring ropes so the bow was forced under water the night the river rose by 12 foot.........My old fishing mate hated that boat and without fail he would put a couple of pouches of maggots in the saloon every time it passed him....And he wasn't alone in this pastime.
Jack died after suffering a series of strokes over a couple of years, I visited him in the nursing home the evening after the boat sunk and after I told him what had happened to it he managed a laugh, it was the first time he had laughed for weeks....It was also the last time he laughed as he passed on later that evening. With any luck he will be laughing again this winter if we get another sudden flood.
David Hall
Senior Member
just look at the way the kennet went.
Jeremy Evans
Senior Member
Within 10 miles of where i live i can think of 5 spots that will need a lock cut for this to happen. Just pie in the sky talk in the current economic climate the cost would be astronomical.
Dave Burr
Senior Member
To do the job 'properly' would cost mega-millions, so they will try to do it on the cheap with a dredger. But, if you take out the fast riffles you take out the invertebrate life and oxygenation sources which in turn kills off most of the fish life.
It just goes to underline how many different groups and agencies make demands upon our rivers, each giving perfectly valid reasons for why they should have control over the way that it is run. A strong leisure plan that will bring money to an area will quickly get the backing of local councils. Add to it the possibility of some energy generation from the water's run off and you tick the eco box and get government backing. It may not fulfill a fraction of its potential but once the work is done, the wildlife and angling side if the river is badly effected for ever.
There may be some lobbying ahead chaps.
It just goes to underline how many different groups and agencies make demands upon our rivers, each giving perfectly valid reasons for why they should have control over the way that it is run. A strong leisure plan that will bring money to an area will quickly get the backing of local councils. Add to it the possibility of some energy generation from the water's run off and you tick the eco box and get government backing. It may not fulfill a fraction of its potential but once the work is done, the wildlife and angling side if the river is badly effected for ever.
There may be some lobbying ahead chaps.
Neil Partridge
Senior Member
that boat is a righr pain in the preverbial, the actually got a digger into the river on the glide to deepen it to allow the thing to get up & down, i think (jez will put you right) this was not sanctioned by local authorities either.
looking at the film though it was nice to see the peg i had my 12 from.
directly below the jackfield rapids can throw the odd big fish up too, along with many many up to 6-7 lb.
hows things jez. hope all is well
looking at the film though it was nice to see the peg i had my 12 from.
directly below the jackfield rapids can throw the odd big fish up too, along with many many up to 6-7 lb.
hows things jez. hope all is well
Jeremy Evans
Senior Member
Not to bad mate, did you see my message about your phone number? Managed to lose it when i got new phone and sim last week so text it through to me again.
Jez
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