StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: R.Avon

Residents in Chippenham say the flooding there from Storm Bert is some of the worst they've seen since the 1960s. This old B&W image [which is not mine] almost certainly dates from the same storm that flooded the River Chew valley on the 10th July 1968. I was at School in Keynsham - where the Chew flowed into the [Bristol] Avon - and remember amongst all the destruction, that a car was washed up in the "park" under the bypass bridge, and that 3 of the 4 original occupants had drowned. The sole survivor was found in a tree. The whole series of events affected me and recently seeing a documentary about it reminded me of the devastation. summary in wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chew_Stoke_flood not my image : fair use & public information

A demonstration of how not to enter the R.Avon from the Cumberland Basin / Floating Harbour. Difficult to tell, but I think there is a steam tug on the far side of the square-rigged vessel. No doubt they are waiting for the incoming tide to bring enough water depth to sort out the situation, as the ship's bows look firmly embedded in the mud, exposed at low tide. Not my image : Fair Use - discussing ships aground in awkward places.

R. Avon at Chippenham. Taken from near the railway bridge which carried the Calne branch, but before the housing estate was built. Riverside Drive runs along the right hand bank, CAS lived approximately opposite the peak of the left hand bend. (Added a "note" to show the approximate location)