Avon Barbel

river well with in its banks today but slowly rising.

Anybody been out today?

Thinking of having a few hours out tomorrow and was wondering what the river is like.

Andy.

today river is still about 12-18 inches up, colour dropping right out and can now see the bottom in the margins, something havent been able to do for ages, watch out banks are treacherous.

river bank high at lacock today, spilling into fields at melksham and beanacre, nice and mild, shame i cant go and then cold at weekend
mind you probably snow melt and salt being washed in, so i will watch the rugby instead!

some stupid buggers have put up concrete blocks by the bridge at melksham now, so i cant see the state of the river everyday now, boo! i saw the river the other day tho and it had a bit of a brown tinge which i thought was an algae bloom, fingers crosssed it would have gone by sunday.
good luck to all.

The concrete blocks are probably due to the young lad that died there a couple of years back a friend of my son. But it is a real shame you cannot see the river any more. I can gauge the river levels quite well going back and forth to work over the bridge a real shame.

yes it was probably about 3 or 4 yrs ago the lad passed away, it has taken along time for them to put up barriers then. i will have to drive along forest rd and get a better view! or go through staverton daily.

Hi all.

Can anyone tell me what the river conditions are like on the lower avon at the crane and also upper at Avoncliff?

Thanks,
Chris

Looking at EA website levels are back to pre-rain levels, but I would imagine the river looks a lot fresher
Cheers
James

Cheers James.

I was just wondering whether to go a little 'heavier' than normal.

Thanks,
Chris