That sinking feeling!

[Buckman]

Oh dear and right before Christmas. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lvq0yk9dko

 

[otherclive]

Can't imagine how long that section will be closed to traffic. Fortunately no injuries.

 

[IanB1485]

I saw a similar incident many years ago , however that was man-made, a maintenance 'barge' was dredging a canal and accidently 'pulled the plug' , emptying the canal and filling the adjacent field with water.

 

[RogerL]

I saw a similar incident many years ago , however that was man-made, a maintenance 'barge' was dredging a canal and accidently 'pulled the plug' , emptying the canal and filling the adjacent field with water.

For this Shropshire incident, the big issue isn't the lack of water but the collapse of the embankment - it doesn't look an easy place to get heavy equipment in to do the repair.

 

[otherclive]

On a length of the Kennet and Avon canal from Bradford on Avon towards Bath the canal sat above the fields on one side, and was below a steep hill on the other side. It was regularly springing leaks and emptying. Eventually the whole section was concrete lined to solve the problem.