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Report - Withycombe Brook, Exmouth - September 2014

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Oxygen Thief

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[video=youtube;mcN3i4PvA9A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcN3i4PvA9A[/video]

After Exmouth was severely flooded in 1960, various flood defences were put in place to defend from the sea, the estuary and the brook.

A sunny afternoon out with Styru and The Queen...

We entered just a few metres from the outfall to the sea...

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and headed inland up a very large concrete channel...

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Had a chat with a local, who reminds me a lot of Bob Fleming...

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There's some surprisingly big structures for what appears to be a small amount of water...

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Vehicle access...

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Of course we had to go down here...

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Out of there, and carry on further inland...

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At this point there's public access and it's maintained by the council, it seems...

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But what's this ahead... a little bridge? Someone walking across with a pint? A little pub sign seemingly placed for people wading up the brook?

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Bonus ! Freezing cold pint of cider...

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Ojay

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Always a welcome cold one after a day in drains, interesting flood system :thumb
 

TheVicar

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Good one!
Nice part of the country is Exmouth.
Looks like a good chilled out stroll.
That bloke really is a dead ringer for Bob Fleming, it's been a while since I heard some of his folking folk singles :)
 
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