Severn Bore
Saturday 21 February 2015
A large bore had been forecast: 5-star, the highest category bore at the informative Severn Bore website. Combined with beautiful sunshine and it being a fairly late morning tide on a Saturday, I figured it would be a busy one. Last year we watched from near the Old Passage Inn, Arlingham, so for a change and to avoid the crowds we went a little upstream from the Anchor Inn at Epney. We could see there was quite a crowd there, but only a few people were near us on the peaceful riverbank in the warm calm sunshine. Then the bore arrived, and the river changed! An amazing natural spectacle.
![Before the bore, the river is calm and almost like a mirror](img1/01-Severn-bore.jpg)
Before the bore, the river is calm and almost like a mirror
![02-Severn-bore](img1/02-Severn-bore.jpg)
![03-Severn-bore](img1/03-Severn-bore.jpg)
![The bore arrives](img1/04-Severn-bore.jpg)
The bore arrives
![Three surfers and a kayak on the wave](img1/05-Severn-bore.jpg)
Three surfers and a kayak on the wave
![Soon only the kayak remains](img1/06-Severn-bore.jpg)
Soon only the kayak remains
![07-Severn-bore](img1/07-Severn-bore.jpg)
![Kayak surfing the Severn Bore](img1/08-Severn-bore.jpg)
Kayak surfing the Severn Bore
![09-Severn-bore](img1/09-Severn-bore.jpg)
![10-Severn-bore](img1/10-Severn-bore.jpg)
![The bore, beneath my feet](img1/11-Severn-bore.jpg)
The bore, beneath my feet
![The bore, heading upstream](img1/12-Severn-bore.jpg)
The bore, heading upstream
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