YET ANOTHER 'CHUFFER' SPECIAL!

Once again a post that has nothing to do with the Card-Bach or railway modeling.

I thought I would put it up as it is of interest to several of our readers - in fact it is sort of interesting anyway!

As you know, the 18th-century bridge at Llechryd has been closed for quite a while now due to damage sustained from recent flooding of the Teifi river. Several of the supporting piers have been undermined by erosion, as well as being damaged by floating trees and other large detritus.

The latest news was that remedial work would start on June 29th...

I came home yesterday afternoon, and this was parked in the field by the bridge:

 

They had set up camp bang on time, laying down protective matting and depositing cabins and a power generator:

When I took my early morning walk the results of  Kaymac's endeavours were clearly visible:

They are diverting part of the flow to enable work to start on the first supporting pier:

(the damage can be seen at the bottom left of the structure)

The other side also had a dam and diverting barrier in place, and a heavy duty submersible pump employed to get the level down;

As the level dropped three of the men were netting every living creature that was in the catchment area, using a mild electric stun ring on the more elusive fish:

Everything that was caught was sympathetically handled, and carefully put back in the river on the other side of the barrier. Very impressive!

Thats it for today - I'll have a later report when more activity takes place.

Shaun.