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Throwing stones in full flow River Severn

10 January 2004   

 

Throwing stones in full flow River Severn

ironbridge with Severn in full flow

A little diversion. I needed to entertain the kids for a few hours. So, after picking up my Lottery winnings of £10 we head for Ironbridge.

We haven't been there for quite some time. Last time Bradley and I bought a Thunderbird. And in October it was still much lower. While in May it may have been drizzly but it was still much brighter.
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Back in May, it was much more green. bradleyStonesBank.jpg

All this was totally under water today.

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As usual we buy an ice cream, argue as we walk up the town to the museum behind which is our favourite throwing stones into the river bank.

ironbridge Esme finds another pretty sone on the river bank

She washes it and puts it into her pocket. I wonder if she's still got it. Did she bring it home? I remember her showing me as we walked up towards the bridge.

ironbridge Esme finds a pretty stone on Severn River bank

Esme finds a pretty stone. It's a slag stone, from the foundries here abouts. I used to find them when I was a kid on old railway lines, thrown out from the steam trains.
Takes me back in time for a second.

ironbridge Esme poses by Severn

But, boy is it in full flow! Must be nine feet above the level back in the summer. In the photo below, taken in October, you can see the trees at the top left, that we're standing by today. ironBridgeLittleBoy.jpg

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The muddier the better. And Esme wants to go for a paddle, even though I explain 40 thousand times that the water is very, very cold. "You'd get frost bite and your toes would turn black and drop off." This shuts her up for a while, till she starts on about the frostbite...

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Not many stones to chose from. We stay only a few minutes, as it's fast flowing, cold and steep. I don't want to dive in after anybody.

 


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