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Category Archives: tidal bores
‘Saltmarsh writing workshop’ – some words and images
The RSPB’s Campfield Reserve near Bowness on the Upper Solway is a perfect place for a writing workshop, especially if you want to ‘experience’, think about, and write about saltmarshes; they form a land- and sea-scape that most people probably … Continue reading
Posted in bioturbation, mud-shrimps, mudflats, saltmarshes, tidal bores, Writing
Tagged Solway
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Bores on the Solway
The tidal bore on the Solway approached “… with a hoarse and loud roar, and with a brilliance of phenomena and demonstration, incomparably more sublime than if the wide sandy water were densely scoured with the fleetest and the most … Continue reading
Posted in crossings & waths, Spring & Neap Tides, tidal bores
Tagged kayaking, River Eden, River Nith, River Wampool, tidal surge
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Solway Shore-walker 