Lois Elsden

Should a sequel have a sequel?

Writing by LoisOctober 20, 2014September 15, 2018

To bolve

Places by LoisOctober 20, 2014

Places by LoisOctober 19, 2014

I rounded a corner in the little village of Combwich and I could hear a peculiar sound; it was a sort of flapping, rattling, squawking sound. I was near an estuary – beside me were the village houses,then there was a raised bank and beyond it was the River Parrett flowing into the sea. I […]

Taken by water by LoisOctober 19, 2014October 8, 2017

The Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877

“Stockland, Bridgwater & Pawlett, Cannington & Wembdon, West Sedgemoor, Langport and Kings Sedgemoor & Cary Valley were formed under the Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877” Since late medieval times there had been Commissioners of Sewers for Somerset; they had been responsible for a massive area of 160,000 acres. There were ‘officials’ known as ‘viewers and […]