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Tag Archives: River Eden
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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The design of the Solway: an aerial perspective, part 2
September 2nd, 0845h: Andrew Lysser, pilot, aerial photographer, instructor, and owner of Cumbria Gyroplanes, and I lifted off from the runway at Carlisle airport in a silver-coloured gyroplane. This time I wasn’t nervous, and there was no wall of rain … Continue reading
Posted in aerial views, Allonby, ports, sand, sea-bed & undersea
Tagged aerial views, gyroplane, megaripples, ripples, River Eden, Romans, Sabellaria, salt-pans, sandbanks, ships, Silloth, Solway
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Waths: fords and borders
On a very low Spring tide in August, my guide Mark Messenger and I crossed and re-crossed the Solway on foot, from England to Scotland and back. We waded across the Firth through the outgoing tide and the flow of … Continue reading
Posted in aerial views, coastal heritage, crossings & waths
Tagged Annan, border crossings, boundary-stones, Edward I, Lochmabenstane, River Eden, River Esk, Solway, waths
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The design of the Solway: an aerial perspective, part 1
To understand how something works, you need to understand not only its design, but its interconnections and interactions with its surroundings. So it is with the Solway Firth. My ongoing fascination with the Firth’s ‘design’ is why I have recently … Continue reading
Posted in aerial views, coastal heritage, industrial heritage, ports
Tagged Carlisle Airport, Carlisle canal, gyroplane, Port Carlisle, River Eden, saltmarshes, Solway viaduct
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Solway Shore-walker 