On the 1st day that Wild Bill Hook and I started on our quest to record and check the entire length of the watercourse, the sun was out and the weather dry --- oh sorry, you are wondering who Wild Bill Hook is ? Well that will become clear a little further on, all I can tell you is that without his help this project was never going to happen, and certainly not going to be as much fun !
Sorry, I digress --------oh yes, its was dry and sunny and we managed to walk about 80 foot down from Stourport Road, between the Leisure Centre and High School actually in the bed of the dry Brook, before the tangled mess of twisted broken trees and debris made our route impassable. We headed back with a view to return the following day and start from the small footbridge on the Severn tributary with Riddings Brook and work our way upstream.
We eagerly approached the Brook near the Severn, my Cocker Spaniel Molly racing about like she was possessed by the devil as she could hear water, which also meant their was mud of which she is very partial too a liberal dose all over as a part of her beauty regime, does little for my Corsas aroma though ! As we approached the little footbridge that stretches the usually dry Riddings Brook stream bed, we realised the River was raging through, having risen dramatically overnight, Wild Bill Hook slept right through it, I hadn't given it a second thought. The Brook was a swirling chocolaty colour full of debris and about 6 foot higher than our visit the previous day. I took some photos and video footage to later compile into the lower Riddings Brook compilation and off we headed upstream. The banks were indistinguishable the water was so high, but the twisted mess of fallen trees and huge branches were still apparent, causing the flow to twist to finds its route to freedom.
Walking up the Leisure centre side, we managed to eventually reach the short culvert under the footpath between the Leisure Centre and the High School which was underwater, forming a perfect dam behind with all the debris and silt that had accumulated. A little further on we met Stourport Road twin culverts which signalled that we had completed the first stretch.
Sorry, I digress --------oh yes, its was dry and sunny and we managed to walk about 80 foot down from Stourport Road, between the Leisure Centre and High School actually in the bed of the dry Brook, before the tangled mess of twisted broken trees and debris made our route impassable. We headed back with a view to return the following day and start from the small footbridge on the Severn tributary with Riddings Brook and work our way upstream.
We eagerly approached the Brook near the Severn, my Cocker Spaniel Molly racing about like she was possessed by the devil as she could hear water, which also meant their was mud of which she is very partial too a liberal dose all over as a part of her beauty regime, does little for my Corsas aroma though ! As we approached the little footbridge that stretches the usually dry Riddings Brook stream bed, we realised the River was raging through, having risen dramatically overnight, Wild Bill Hook slept right through it, I hadn't given it a second thought. The Brook was a swirling chocolaty colour full of debris and about 6 foot higher than our visit the previous day. I took some photos and video footage to later compile into the lower Riddings Brook compilation and off we headed upstream. The banks were indistinguishable the water was so high, but the twisted mess of fallen trees and huge branches were still apparent, causing the flow to twist to finds its route to freedom.
Walking up the Leisure centre side, we managed to eventually reach the short culvert under the footpath between the Leisure Centre and the High School which was underwater, forming a perfect dam behind with all the debris and silt that had accumulated. A little further on we met Stourport Road twin culverts which signalled that we had completed the first stretch.
