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Warp-weights or net-sinkers?

Posted on July 27, 2026 by solwayshorewalker

A man was walking along the shore, heading north-east towards Mawbray and Beckfoot. Perhaps in his late sixties, slightly stooped, he was carrying a plastic carrier-bag and occasionally bending down to poke amongst the shingle. I too was going in … Continue reading →

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The naming of stones

Posted on April 23, 2015 by solwayshorewalker

Nellie and Pintle, High Netherma and Maston; Metalstones, Archie and Popple scaurs. “The names go back a terrible long time,” Ronnie Porter tells me. They’re part of the oral tradition of the shore, and neither Ronnie nor his wife know … Continue reading →

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