What a coincidence! Just when I included references to a flood/storm surge maybe caused by an earthquake, look what is featured in our village magazine!
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/1607-flood.shtml
… and if you want to read about my imagined flood of the small port of Hamwick in 1931, here’s a link to my ebook:


If you go to the other side of the Bristol Channel you will find the flood referenced by many churches
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I must do that one day!
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http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14319630.THE_LONG_VIEW__The_day_a____tsunami____hit_Gwent/
does that link work – has some funny pale blue bit in for me
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Works perfectly, thank you Simon! I feel an expedition coming on!
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given that it is just outside newport and cardiff, it is a remarkably peaceful and forgotten area
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I don’t know it all so it will be nice to explore!
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also i should have said it lies amidst a unique ecosystem – which is often missed by people because it doesn’t look very interesting. it has a whole load of dialect words to describe fens and ditches (and english dialect). the M4 rerouting threatens it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/otters-and-water-voles-holding-up-1billion-m4-reli/
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Dialect words, fens, ecosystem… Sounds perfect!!
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maybe seen better days!
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Having worked for Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, the waterbodies have local name – usually these are difficult WeElsh. In that area they are still in the original local dialect
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Intresting article too
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yes
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Sometimes just putting out your intention into the world seems to attract exactly what you need!
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