briantrumpet
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Ha, Severn and Avon mud is rather special! Not least because of the humungous tide!!
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Ha, Severn and Avon mud is rather special! Not least because of the humungous tide!!
avecReynolds531
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Cathedral spires through the summer fields - one of our best days out on the bikes.
briantrumpet
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Glad I made the effort to wander down to the end of my road tonight, after the truly rubbish weather today... it was so bad that I resorted to the turbo 😱
briantrumpet
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No mud?
briantrumpet
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It's a different sort of mud here... it hasn't got the sculpted aspect of Severn or Avon mud (not nearly as big a tide, for starters), though it's good when it's reflective... you don't get much prettier mud than this...
ScotMitchyNew
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briantrumpet
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The showers only just cleared in time for a dry quick evening spin after work... worth the wait though 
Pretty indeed.
But is it mud?Ur-mud is not shiny and reflective, but glutinous satin:
I suspect sand masquerading under a thin sheet of water, which would fit well with the local red sandstone bedrock.
Has potential, but the mud is so cluttered with boats:If you know Pill Creek, that's good too!
It takes some effort to frame a snap that captures the sculptured elegance of special mud:
briantrumpet
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At this rate we're going to need a mud thread all of its own...
briantrumpet
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Actually, I think the boats at Pill Creek are rather good... they look like they are struggling to get upstream on the mud...
newts
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Whenever i see Pill mentioned it reminds of the Adge Cutler ditty;-
When the nights are dark and stormy
And the bitter north wind blows
Cross the fields from Shirehampton
Where the muddy Avon flows
Where the Pillites gaily ride
Over on the ferry from the other side
The boat starts swingin, you'll hear them singin'
Float in on the tide!
Chorus:
Pill, Pill, I love thee still
Even though I'm leaving
Pill, Pill, I love thee still
When the ferry boat starts heavin
When the rain down pours, the thunder roars
The lightnin flashes bright
I'll be better by far in The Duke or The Star
Than on the Old Pill Ferry tonight
