{"id":34060,"date":"2025-08-03T21:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34060"},"modified":"2025-08-03T21:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:21:25","slug":"over-the-weir-despite-the-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34060","title":{"rendered":"Over the Weir – Despite the Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis Sunday afternoon brought only a warm breeze under an overcast sky. Storm Floris is due tomorrow but is expected to affect mainly the North.<\/p>\n

Setting out from Abingdon Bridge towards the lock, we hadn\u2019t expected to cross the weir \u2014 diversion signs still warned it was closed. Music drifted from the Nags Head as we followed the Thames. A longboat selling Hasbeen Handbags<\/em> was moored beside Happy Heron<\/em>, a Viking cruiser up for sale.
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\nContractors were repairing two sections of riverbank \u2014 one unstable, the other worn into an inlet by flood flow. Several swimmers, a couple of generations older than those seen a month ago, were steadily crossing the river and back.
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\nAt the lock, three rowing boats from the Weyfarers Rowing Club in Weybridge passed through with a long way to go.
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\nFurther on, quite a few people were crossing the weir walkway. The warning boards had been pushed aside again. I don\u2019t know how unstable the walkway is, but the Environment Agency, who put the diversion in place, clearly didn\u2019t think it safe. (The fish pass has become overgrown since its closure).
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\nBeyond it, the mill stream was clogged with reeds and bent trees. Large rhubarb-like leaves grow along the banks. It seems to be getting more overgrown year by year. Carry on like this, and the district council won\u2019t need to repair the wooden bridge (featured on the blog a few weeks ago) \u2014 we\u2019ll be able to walk across on dry land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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