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Parking at BS35 1QA
Carrying on with the Severn Way this week and starting at Oldbury On Severn. Weather was awful with dark overcast skies almost black, very windy along the coastal bit and some rain but i suppose it can't be sunshine all the time!
Here's a few images of the day.
Both severn crossings, gotta walk over M48 Bridge soon !
This is Oldbury Power Station, Opened in 1967, enough electricity on a typical day to serve an urban area twice the size of Bristol.
It stopped producing power on 29 February 2012.
The skies above shows the days weather perfectly.
Not much to see along the coast, was hoping for a few birds but high tide and wind put pay to that.
On O/s maps it shows a lighthouse i thought this would be a nice end to coast bit and turn in land unfortunately this was the lighthouse not very impressive !
Chapel house on Left and Severn crossings also the point i turnned inland.
Walked on up through Shepperdine village and lots of Redwing and Mistle Thrushes flying from the many Orchards.
Not alot happening in village apart from a hold up from around 40 Cows which were being herded from a field, i waited and cows charged of at top speed up lane a disappeared , followed by a farmer on trike doing around 30 mph to keep up with cows!
The horse was amazed as me, probably wishing he could run that fast !
The wind got stronger and rain started, i dropped into to the Lakes that once surrounded Oldbury Power station but mostley overgrown now with the bird hide little more than a small shed overlooking tall grass.
30 mins away was Slimbridge i left and drove there for 2 hours.
A beautiful Pintail duck, plenty of these there.
Plus 2 Cattle Egret, 10 years ago a rare bird in UK now almost common.
I left to drive home but not before seeing the Curlews take to the air, great birds. Slimbridge always worth a visit.
That's all for this week, join me again next week :)
