Whilst Surrey and Somerset continue to receive the majority of national flood news coverage, Worcester has slowly but surely been disappearing below the River Severn- which has risen to a ridiculously high level even by its large standard.
Being used to the comparatively 'tame' River Thames, the concept of large-scale flooding is pretty new to me, so I took the bike for a spin to inspect the local watergeddon, whilst paying a visit to my local patch- the Camp Lane Pits at Grimley...
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| The Camp House Inn, a small pub on the edge of Grimley, is now accessible only by boat. Funnily enough, a big banner across the front of the pub stresses that they are still 'OPEN'... presumably for the local Swans. |
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| Flooded fields in Grimley. The river would usually be somewhere way off in the distance to the right of the image. |
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| The northern end of Grimley village hasn't been able to avoid the flood water either... |
The Camp Lane Pits themselves were fairly quiet on the bird front, but a smart female
Goosander was on the main lake amongst low numbers of
Gadwall,
Pochard and
Tufted Duck, before it flew off high north late in the afternoon.
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| The bird took off and showed what appears a red colour ring on its right leg. Cool... |
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| One of one Meadow Pipits on site today. |
These shots of the floods were taken a few days ago in Worcester. The river has since risen another half metre of so, and has almost completely cut off the University from the city centre. Madness!
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| The mouth of the River Amazon. |
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| Whilst it may look like a lake, this is usually a race course. |
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| A minor tap malfunction at the Vue Bar. |
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| Worcester's main road bridge... |
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| This road leading up to the Uni is now impassable... |
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| A dead end... |
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