Bristol Channel

A particular time of day

Down on the beach, where the River Axe runs into the Bristol Channel in Weston Bay, what used to be called Glentworth Bay, the mud emerges from the sand. It is very dangerous, so many people each year get stuck and have to be rescued, or park their cars which are caught by the tide […]

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Running aground

Having enjoyed the last six assignments for my archaeology course, my massive open on-line course from Brown University, I have just run aground on the latest one which was to create a podcast. Now may I should have chosen one of the other choices, writing about three archaeological organizations (sounds a bit boring) write a […]

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Who are they, and what are they doing and saying?

Whoo are the people on the beach There’s a mother and granddaughter paddling; grandma has just started saying “When I was a girl..” and the child is saying “ice-ceem, ice-ceem, me want ice-ceem”. Or maybe she isn’t a grandma, maybe she’s a grandpa and it isn’t a child but a dog, a dog who isn’t sure whether he likes the water or not. There are two people […]

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