View at 10.30 am on 31 August of the approaching wave at the Severn Bore Pub, Minsterworth August peak tide. We also watched the bore on the previous evening at 10.00 pm but as it was dark (no moon) you will have to believe us.
We enjoyed the company of the numerous watchers, the clever ones explained that it was not just the wave we needed to observe but the massive flow for the next hour which through that period took the river level up to peak.
Canoeists and surfers enjoy the velocity of the wave and the subsequent flow of the river. The crest of the wave is however depleted by the presence of the various hulls and bodies and has apparently lost some of the spectacle of the past.
Nevertheless an experience we will repeat.
Friendly and very comfortable overnight accommodation at Forest Gate Huntley. Thank you Maureen and Dick for making our stay so enjoyable and of course you can all do as we did and look at their web site www.huntley-glos.demon.co.uk make a booking and see one of Britain's natural wonders.
The Thames Head hostelry our lunch time stop on the A433 near Kemble and the nearest car park to the site of the Thames Head.
Fortunately there were more fluids at the pub than in the river as you can see from the next slide.
The Head of the Thames (according to the Thames Conservator) two dry fields away from the pub and involves crossing the railway tracks (fortunately not electrified) and then protected by a herd of cows ( and a bull) which in the interest of research Polly braved.
Not a typical tourist attraction but quite a challenge which we enjoyed. Now all we have to do is walk the rest of the Thames to join up with our visit in 1999 to the Thames barrier at Greenwich.
