We had a bit of a social trip when 4 cars with Andy P. and family, Rob G and spouse, me and my family and Matt went to see what the 4* Severn Bore looked like at Newnham. Meeting at Magor services car park at 6.45 to be ready for the bore at 8.20 meant an early start for us all but it was a lovely day and by the time we arrived I for one was sorry I'd not taken my kayak. Ten minutes past 8.20 however the general verdict was that it was like a wave, but smaller, and that it wouldn't have been worth the effort.
I was the only one to chase the Bore upstream, taking the car to the Severn Bore pub at Minsterworth. The crowd there was bigger but there were fewer putting on the water. To be fair, the Bore was a bit more impressive there: as the river is much narrower the Bore grew much higher.
Interesting to see and we were lucky to have a nice day. I don't foresee us adding in a Bore trip to our future calendar of events though.
