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- Mar 2008
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There’s a small one at the entrance to the Derwent Valley country park which I sometimes ride to/through. I always stop there to see birds, usually at least one statuesque heron but also dippers.
The other worth-watching thing are the (bits of) trees in the water after heavy rain or floods.
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- Mar 2008
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I love rivers in general and weirs just add a bit of wonderfulness to the total package.
When I was a kid the frequent trips to visit my grandma in North-East Wales were usually enlivened by the occasional trip to Chester and the weir on the River Dee has always stuck in my mind:
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Pulteney Weir in Bath is excellent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSWx1yOiiWE
And bravo, nef - thread titles that are puns on existing thread titles are one of the few things about otf that bore me; yours is the first I can remember that actually made me chuckle. Chapeau, sir.
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- Mar 2008
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Originally posted by blameless View PostPulteney Weir in Bath is excellent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSWx1yOiiWE
And bravo, nef - thread titles that are puns on existing thread titles are one of the few things about otf that bore me; yours is the first I can remember that actually made me chuckle. Chapeau, sir.
I missed it
Yes, very good.
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A couple of Oxford related ones for Nef:
As a kid I used to love the rollers for the punts on the Cherwell that got you down or up the weir next to Parson's Pleasure
Meanwhile, one of my schoolfriends was largely behind the replacement of the weir at Osney Lock with a micro-hydro plant
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- Mar 2008
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Originally posted by Sits View PostThe one at Ray Mill Island in Maidenhead used to scare me as a kid. Conversely the one at Hambleden was a favourite strolling spot when the future Mrs. S and I were first going out.
“Strolling” is not a euphemism.
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We've got a lock and weir near me that I love.
This is the lock, the building on the left of the photo has been turned in to a cafe with a garden outside where you can watch the lock in action ;
The weir is right next to it and is pretty dramatic :
It hasn't really changed that much since Alfred Sisley painted it (as well as many other local scenes) in the late 19th century ;
Last edited by Ray de Galles; 17-12-2019, 16:23.
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Used to spend ages up here in the school holidays not yesterday. Loved it and weirdly enough just thought about it the other day because I'm looking after my great-nephew on Friday and was toying with the idea of taking him up there.
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Originally posted by blameless View Post
Like Ray, I am a fan of locks and canals in general and we have a fair few here.
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I used to look at this view a couple of times a day when growing up.This is the view from the Bridge in Cahir. taken when I was about 10. The Church in the background is by John Nash, and is so exquisitely elegant that it will singlehandedly convince you of the merit of architects. There was usually a Heron standing on the stairs in the middle. like this little guy
Though the view looking the other way isn't too bad.
Last edited by The Awesome Berbaslug!!!; 17-12-2019, 22:09.
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