If you're in the UK, you'll be aware of the storm and flood warnings for the south-west over the last few days. For whatever reason, Topsham got off lightly; the weather was dry and calm overnight, so the rivers were up, but not disruptively so. But we went out to look at 8.30, and it was a striking morning: varying between bright sunshine, hail, ominous clouds to the north, and a lovely sunrise downriver.
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| Wixels, Topsham, looking up the River Exe |
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| The Underway, Topsham, looking down the Exe |
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| looking across the Exe, flooded Exe marshes, and Haldon Hills |
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| looking across the Clyst |
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| Clyst flood plain over Bridge Inn garden |
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| Fisher's Mill, looking between the Clyst bridges |
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| Clyst Bridge, looking upriver (note the almost-hidden arches) |
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| looking down the Clyst wetlands |
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| east bank of the Clyst, downstream of Clyst Bridge |
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| east bank of the Clyst, downstream of Clyst Bridge (the pontoon at left is the normal river's edge) |
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| downstream - the levee on the east bank of the Clyst |
