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The design of the Solway: Hems, reestings, holes and shoals

Posted on August 13, 2015 by solwayshorewalker

The turning tide takes time to fill the Solway. Today (August 12th) the first low tide at Maryport was at 0544h, height 1.5m; after turning, the flood tide was at its highest at Maryport at 1102h, height 7.5m. Heading North … Continue reading →

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Snippets 4: First notes – Hadrian’s Wall of Sound, Bowness-on-Solway

Posted on June 5, 2015 by solwayshorewalker

At 5.45am the tide was still on the ebb, standing waves (‘reestings’) corrugated the surface of the channel, and the only sound amid the weighty silence of the still air was the trilling of oyster-catchers. I walked, and waited, and … Continue reading →

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