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Wyenot
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Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
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No. 157 - Wednesday, 25th July 2007 |
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WNTV: RIVER LEVELS RISING ON THE WYE AT ROSS
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Having
filmed and photographed the whole of the unprecedented natural
event of last weekend over a period of 72 hours, beginning
Friday, I have edited the footage down into two short films.
The first is a little over 8 minutes long and the second,
10 minutes. These
films show how the River Wye at Ross rose from a level which
was already very high for the month of July to peak flooding
levels, higher than those reached last winter.
The
films are shot from various locations by the river, including
the White Lion Inn, Wilton Bridge, Wilton Castle, Fisherman's
Reach (Wilton), The bandstand and riverside area, the Hope
& Anchor public house, Metcalf Close and Edde Cross
Street.
If
you would like to download a higher quality, 'Windows Media'
version of each film to keep on your own computer (personal
use only), right clicking the links below will allow you
to save (or watch live if you have extremely fast DSL).
[The
River Wye at Ross, July 2007 - part one] _________________
[The
River Wye at Ross, July 2007 - part two]
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Part one: Heavy rain on Friday until after dark at midnight on
Saturday
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Part two: Early Sunday morning through to peak levels during the
afternoon
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Around and about during the flood
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As
mentioned elsewhere in this issue (I'm getting so tired
and confused putting this issue of the news together as
there are so many photos, which have all had to be processed)
I spent the weekend, from Friday to Sunday photographing
and filming the river rising and the flood water.
Here
are just a few of the many hundreds of photos I took at
various wet locations on Saturday evening and Sunday.
The
top photos were taken a little after midnight on Saturday
and show Wilton Bridge, the view downstream from the bridge
and the White Lion / Wilton Court.
Rather
than write a lot here, as I am running out of time, I have
captioned the photos.
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Wilton Bridge at midnight on Saturday. DSC_1896 |
Looking downstream from the bridge at a little after midnight. DSC_1870 |
Wilton Court (left) and the White Lion Inn. DSC_1873 |
Up to the top garden step at the White Lion at around 11 am Sunday,
two hours prior to the river's peak. DSC_1898 |
Near the top of an arch at Wilton Bridge during Sunday's peak, at
around 1:00 PM DSC_2008 |
Looking towards the Sports Centre from Wilton Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
DSC_2019 |
Wilton. Not often you see virtually ripe apples on the trees in
July, while the Wye is this flooded to branch level. DSC_2026 |
The view from the Thomas Blake memorial Gardens (above the Grope).
DSC_2070 |
Bandstand - taken from the top of Wye Street. DSC_2072 |
Homs Road footbridge across the Rudhall Brook. DSC_2108 |
The Rudhall Brook - looking towards, Edde Cross Street from the
swimming pool car park footbridge. DSC_2114 |
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