Following Colliter’s Brook from the Dundry slopes into Bristol last Tuesday.
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This was the first point we found a stream bed with water in it - the others we’d crossed and passed were all empty, after this dry year.
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We followed the path into a dense, dark copse, where little streams joined up to form the Brook, but it was very clear how low the water levels are. I wish I could have taken proper photos of the Brook in the copse valley, but the trees were still in full leaf, and the evening light was gorgeous, but the sun was already on the way down, and that gorgeous golden light wasn’t strong.
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Also pictured: the horse that wanted to follow us through a gate...
#collitersbrook #northsomerset #footpath #brook #horse #countryside
Things we saw, looking for Colliter’s Brook streams on the Dundry Slopes, last Wednesday. .
I thought this was a pile of maggots, but it was a pile of seed.... I’m *such* a city girl! .
The light was incredible, and though we were close to some A roads, the sound of it was muffled - though we heard a lot of planes overhead, going to and from the airport. We didn’t find any water up here though, but we did find lots of empty stream beds....
#collitersbrook #dundry #northsomerset #countryside #seed
The A38 bridge across Colliter’s Brook - we saw this last Wednesday, when we were walking the brook after work, from the Dundry slopes into Bristol. .
It seemed weird to have the flood sign when the brook level is so visibly low after the (general) lack of rain in 2018. But I guess flooding happens often enough that they need to be prepared - I’d love to see the levels today, for instance.
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(I should have taken photos of the bridge in context, but that low October sun was in just the wrong place, so everything was either lensflared or in deep shadow)
#flood #collitersbrook #northsomerset #bridge #a38 #brook
