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Post by dunkeld on Jun 30, 2012 14:48:44 GMT
Name the river and location
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2012 16:50:12 GMT
reminds me of the upper end of a beat i fished once on the nith, or was it the annan..., with a wee cottage in a courtyard. kirkwood?
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Post by dunkeld on Jun 30, 2012 17:12:08 GMT
Nope
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Post by glenclova on Jun 30, 2012 22:28:45 GMT
North Esk ??
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 1, 2012 8:22:27 GMT
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Post by robmason on Jul 1, 2012 17:14:31 GMT
The Don
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 1, 2012 17:20:15 GMT
Not the Don
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Post by keirstream on Jul 1, 2012 19:22:30 GMT
A bit like the Leny looking up Anes Strait from the Stank Bridge. Not sure about the backdrop though.
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 1, 2012 19:32:24 GMT
Not the leny ;D
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Post by davidturtle on Jul 2, 2012 11:00:44 GMT
Ettrick, downstream of the Meetings pool?
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 2, 2012 11:23:34 GMT
Not the Ettrick.
The river in the picture TBH has extra water in it!
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Post by ptg on Jul 2, 2012 12:42:12 GMT
Tweed at Peebles, left bank opposite the island and below the cauld.
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 2, 2012 12:51:16 GMT
Tweed at Peebles, left bank opposite the island and below the cauld. Yep thats it in a nutshell. Here are two more of the cauld. Looking up stream a little
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Post by middlecalf on Jul 2, 2012 13:18:53 GMT
Hi gents - help out a yank here - why is this called a "cauld?" Google has only got me to a Scottish term for cold, but is this a short for "cauldron" maybe? Cheers.
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Post by GPT on Jul 2, 2012 14:28:45 GMT
I believe that 'cauld' is just another term for 'weir'.
I'm not sure if there has to be something special about it to make it a 'cauld' rather than just a plain old weir?
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Post by dorchfisher on Jul 2, 2012 19:11:47 GMT
are any of those bungalows for sale? what a view!!!!!
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Post by keirstream on Jul 2, 2012 20:18:27 GMT
Hi gents - help out a yank here - why is this called a "cauld?" Google has only got me to a Scottish term for cold, but is this a short for "cauldron" maybe? Cheers. A cauld is called a cauld because in lowland Scots terminology a cauld is called a cauld when it is not called a weir which is an English name for what should really be called a cauld not a weir and if you are ever in Scotland remember to call a cauld a cauld because a cauld although a weir should always be called a cauld if you want Scots people who call a cauld a cauld to understand you but not if you call a cauld a weir. By the way be sure you don't fall into the cauld because you might catch your death of cauld especially in a cauld day in the spring or autumn when it gets so cauld in the cauld it makes the cauld freeze over with the icy cauld water and you will get so cauld in the cauld you will be sure to die of the cauld in the cauld. Hope this helps. B.T.W. Kenny, whit a chancer posting a photo like that. Nothing like the cauld at Peebles in the 1st pic.
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Post by dunkeld on Jul 2, 2012 20:28:41 GMT
;D it's the same old cauld that's been there since it was built. I never changed a thing, no my fault it's been peeing down for weeks.
Was a wee bit in my favour I suppose ;D
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Post by middlecalf on Jul 3, 2012 2:41:26 GMT
I was in Scotland a couple of weeks ago, and fortunately didn't have to call a cauld a cauld!!! Weir it is, except when it's a cauld!
On a serious note (but digressed) those things can be dangerous to get into, 'cuz there ain't a good outflow to "push" you out due to the symmetry of the water flow over the "dam" (this one isn't too bad, it has a little asymmetry to it so the width of the 'dead' water is only a few feet wide). A rule of thumb (swiftwater technician certification stuff), if the dam/weir/cauld is Y feet high, the positive outlfow past it doesn't occur until about 3 x Y, otherwise being very turbulent and quite deadly (aka hard to get out of by swimming - we've lost power boats in these things). Don't jump into one of these to help someone, you'll be a lost soul unless you are tethered with someone on the beach handling your tether. Digression over... Stay safe.
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Post by tweedbunnet on Jul 3, 2012 15:14:56 GMT
middlecalf,
just by way of background, many scottish and northern english rivers have caulds/weirs on them. Reason was to provide power for mills etc. The Tweed has several and there is generally good fishing below them as migratory fish often get held up there until higher water comes along.
tb
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