Report - The River Frome, Bristol Feb 2018

[Killa]

Yeah thanks for posting those. Always good to see photos that don’t come up in searches online etc. Always makes you wonder who else out there has some decent stuff to share!

Cheers Seffy, glad to help out. Lots of interesting stuff under Bristol!

 

[BourneToBeWild]

Great reading, Have visited Bristol a few times and had always noticed how high the river rises.

 

[Nickindroy]

Fuck me man, respect!

 

[Regcar]

Great report and photos, thank you very much. I used to cycle round here a few years ago, but never realised what all the outflows were. The tide on the Avon is very impressive, and I was lucky to see Netham Weir breached once, bit like the weir in Chester which was just a lucky fluke. Arrived at exactly the right time to see a boat pass over.

Got a trip on the PS Waverley once from the Floating Harbour. Makes you realise how tight the bends are on the Avon down to the sea.

 

[tallginge]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. I wonder how often netham weir breaches then - every year or just when there's a storm surge with heavy rain and spring tides? I did the through trip with @END-PROC last weekend, the levels were much lower now its summer. Wellies will get you to three of the four weirs, thigh wadors are enough to get to stone bridge. We took a canoe but hardly used it. I can confirm it fits thru the manhole, though, which saved a long walk back upstream

 

[pastybarm]

That pic is great, did the canoe/kayak fit down the manhole? And look how clean those streets are, puts other cities/towns to shame!

 

[tallginge]

That pic is great, did the canoe/kayak fit down the manhole? And look how clean those streets are, puts other cities/towns to shame!

Yup. With room to spare....

 

[cjdonnelly]

no way thaat tiny tunnel is the outflow the main tunnel there is a brick arch at the end i watched a video on it

 

[urbanchemist]

Great report an all but I chuckled a bit at .."Bristol Docks started to lose international trade to Liverpool and later Avonmouth and Portishead, none of which are affected by the tide". Liverpool is second only to Bristol as a daft place to build docks, which is why trade shifted south to Southampton, Harwich etc. with much smaller tidal ranges.

 

[tumbles]

no way thaat tiny tunnel is the outflow the main tunnel there is a brick arch at the end i watched a video on it

No that is the outfall at that end. The brick arch sounds like other end

 

[tallginge]

Found this a while back. It has a load of interesting historical engineering info on the frome from 1848. Also some stuff on london and paris and a few other small towns. Bristol stuff is the most interesting
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[jezzyboo]

fantastic report and brill pics good history as well top work

 

[FroomMaster]

Hey guys,

I've spent 10 years studying the (pre culverted) Froom of the 18th and 19th century and would like to help you learn more and for you to help me fill in some gaps. Are there any more planned trips under Bristol? clearly the moat from Queen St is out of bounds due to the work on the new skyscraper on the ambulance station but i'm guessing wade st is still open.

 

[stranton]

liking this alot

 

[symbiont]

This is totally fascinating - amazing report - thankyou! i've been recording the waterways of Bristol using hydrophones - finding some v. interesting sounds