Avon Descent 2013 - 003 Day1 Extracts Weir
Channel: Terry Russell
Date: 2013-08-03

Helmet Cam vision from my helmet during Day 1 of the 2013 Avon Descent.
Extracts Weir was built on the river in the 1960's to provide water for the tanning industries located nearby at the time. The weir has been modified over the years, originally being a vertical 3m drop that almost claimed the life of an Avon Descent competitor in 1991, then being flattened out a bit but still fearsome, for a few years they then had plastic pipes chained together over the top, and now it is back to being a flattened out version of the original weir, albeit with many more rocks so now it is not nearly so steep..