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Bridgwater looking strangely Kings Lynn glamorous? I was lucky enough to catch the town's West Quay at a slackwater high tide, and despite the solidity of its sediment capacity, which sometimes seem to border on the 'chewy' side of thick, the surface of the majestic River Parrett can be smooth enough to create this rather pleasing reflection. A sunny day and some judicious dredging to the right might have helped, but as the quays haven't been used for decades this seems an unlikely possibility.
Delugophiles among you may recognise this view as the one that briefly last year put Bridgwater into the national headlines, when overnight heavy rain served to collapse the quay wall at this point, on the night before Bridgwater's massive carnival, resulting in cancellation of the event for the first time in its history, on understandable safety grounds, while inspections were carried out on the state of the remaining quays and bridge foundations. I am happy to report that repairs are nearly complete, the few vehicles here involved in the tail of the work, just in time for Carnival 2013.
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Bridgwater looking strangely Kings Lynn glamorous? I was lucky enough to catch the town's West Quay at a slackwater high tide, and despite the solidity of its sediment capacity, which sometimes seem to border on the 'chewy' side of thick, the surface of the majestic River Parrett can be smooth enough to create this rather pleasing reflection. A sunny day and some judicious dredging to the right might have helped, but as the quays haven't been used for decades this seems an unlikely possibility.
Delugophiles among you may recognise this view as the one that briefly last year put Bridgwater into the national headlines, when overnight heavy rain served to collapse the quay wall at this point, on the night before Bridgwater's massive carnival, resulting in cancellation of the event for the first time in its history, on understandable safety grounds, while inspections were carried out on the state of the remaining quays and bridge foundations. I am happy to report that repairs are nearly complete, the few vehicles here involved in the tail of the work, just in time for Carnival 2013.