on 01/06/2009, Bru supposed : > Adrian wrote ... > >> Caen Hill has side pounds. >> >> Bratch has side pounds. >> >> Foxton has side *ponds*. Not the same thing at all. > > <clang> wrong! > You are not trying to tell Adrian he has got it wrong are you? I thought he was which is why I then went on to post pound/pond > > At Foxton, there is no bypass and over-filling a side pond (pound) results > in it overflowing haphazardly into the pond (pound) below. The excess water > cascades down the hillside, damaging the earth banks of the side ponds > (pounds!) as it goes until it overflows across the road and down the slipway > at the bottom of the hill ... usually flooding the pub in the process. Are you sure about that. I know that Watford has weirs between the pound and I THINK Foxton has as well, but I could be wrong
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