I had the day free to myself, so after yesterdays deluge i took a trip down to the weir pool on the Mersey to see if there was any chance of casting a line today.
On reaching the riverbank i had to do a double take as i have never seen the river so high. The weir and the salmon ladder had completely disappeared and the river was a boiling brown cauldron. I reckon that it must have been a good 15 ft up.
At normal levels taken from the foot of the weir, looking back in the pic you can see 3 people standing at the spot the next photo was taken from this morning.
Is there really a 10ft weir under there???
Mersey Confluence.