Home page > Walks photos <		southcotswoldramblers.org.uk The Severn Bore 21 March 2007 Bernard leads a walk starting from near Stonebench (near Gloucester) to get a fine view of the Severn Bore. A four star bore is forecast for today. The Severn Bore has been known to reach two metres in height. Its average speed is 16 km per hour.The Severn Estuary experiences the second highest tide anywhere in the world and the difference between the highest and lowest tide in any one day can be more than 14.5 metres. So 30 walkers turn up in great expectancy - a record for a midweek walk! .
		Our Chairman is caught out by the early start and leaps out of his car electric razor in hand .
		Then after a couple of splashes of the lotion that attracts the ladies .
		He joins the rest of us to hear Bernard outline his plans for the morning .
		Then it's five minutes across the fields .
		To the Severn where we wait .
		Having selected our vantage points .
		High and low .
		And made ourselves comfortable .
		In the distance a couple of boats appear followed by an increasingly turbulent river .
		The boats are carrying surfers getting ahead of the Bore .
		Ready for another attempt at long-distance surfing .
		Down by the water's edge spectators watch as the waters rapidly rise . .
		With the four star Severn Bore rapidly approaching .
		They realise their error of judgement as the Bore crashes over them. Click here for an enlargement and use your browser's back button to return here .
		Oh, how we laugh! .
		Don't we laugh! .
		Then we watch the Bore disappearing .
		Into the morning sun .
		And then start off on our walk .
		Early problems arise when a blocked footpath forces us through the middle of a hedge .
		But we press on inspected closely by the occupant of this field .
		Climbing a small hill .
		Looking back for views .
		Over the now full to overflowing river to Gloucester and its Cathedral .
		We then skirt Poolpits Wood .
		And head down towards Longney .
		Zooming in on its church .
We pass this strangely named cottage and its ancient car .
And the equally strangely named Madams End Farm .
We then cross this narrow bridge .
And a small pond .
Before heading across a field .
May Hill looks very near .
We arrive at Elmore Church .
Pausing to look at the columns of the eighteenth century mausoleum in its grounds .
We encounter another tricky stile .
Before heading back past this rather impressive residence .
Elmore Court .
In fact an impressive walk altogether!
Photographs and captions by Richard and Mike
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