Showing posts with label Weir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weir. Show all posts

Friday, August 10, 2007

River Ayr

Two scenes in one on this photo.

The background is the flying roof of Ayr College. I must admit I'm quite taken with this design, but I know that not everybody likes it.



The foreground shows the work being done to rebuild/repair the weir which used to serve one of the mills which lined the river in days gone bye. They did the one half and are now working on the other, but the number of times the shuttering which is holding back the water has collapsed under the strain is quite something!

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Water, water

Today's pictures show the after-effects of the rain we've been having. They were taken at the River Ayr, just above the Bypass, where there are stepping stones from one bank to the other.

The first shows the 'weir' effect that the stepping stones have, whilst the second is a close shot of the back-current caused when the water reaches it's lower level.




Don't think I'll go paddling today!