Salmon in the heart of England
It would be difficult to get further from the sea as the crow flies, let alone as the salmon swims, than Rowsley in Derbyshire, but salmon…
All the futures we have wished for
Some of you might be interested in the letter I have written in reply to a (very nice) letter from a member of Wycombe Council’s projects…
Rising Damp
Someone in the audience at the Electric Palace in Bridport asked if I’d ever read the poem Rising Damp by UA (Ursula but published as UA) Fanthorpe.…
Riding chalk.
Frome, Wraxall, Sydling, Cerne, Piddle, Devil’s Brook, Bere Stream, Allen, Ebble, Avon, Bourne, Wallop, Test, Dever, Misbourne, Chess, Gade, Lea, Mimram, Shep, Cam, Granta, Snail, Wissey,…
Something better change?
My blog seems big on dredging these last few months, but with the government’s DIY dredging schemes recently unveiled the issue has taken on some urgency. Politicians from…
The Impact of Dredging
A few months ago I mentioned that Owen Patterson (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) was planning a relaxation of the by-laws governing…
The Palimpsest of Rivers
Question: what do these six English chalk-streams have in common and what makes this one New Zealand spring-creek so different? Answer: all the chalk streams have…
A Storm-Cloud for Rivers?
I hear rumours that Owen Patterson, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – perhaps under pressure from the farming lobby – has proposed…
Sullen Mole
It seems I am irredeemably drawn to taking pictures of lost rivers through the windows of pedestrian overpasses (see Gunnersbury Ghost River). So here is a…
The Song of the Mill
Sharing a post I wrote for Caught by the River. Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2013 will be National Mills Weekend, an annual festival of…
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