Bridge House

On a very warm afternoon, we went into the grounds of Bridge House and along the river bed alongside. There weren't too many balsam in the grounds thanks to the work we did earlier in the year and we cleared them fairly quickly.

Wading along the river allowed us to tackle those plants low down on the river bank and also to access the opposite bank where there were a lot of balsam spreading into the grounds of houses along Park Row. The river bed was very muddy and still knee deep in parts despite recent lack of rain.  One section was still too deep to wade possibly because of a fallen branch slowing the river flow. The riverbank was also steep in most parts making access to and from the riverbed more difficult.

Lots of fairly large fish were enjoying some of the deeper sections until we waded in and stirred up the mud!