River Axe

Bits and pieces by LoisAugust 9, 2015

Just right for messing about on the river

Boat on the River Axe

Back to Littlehampton

Family Stories by LoisApril 26, 2015September 13, 2018

Bits and pieces by LoisFebruary 4, 2015February 4, 2015

It’s been quite a nice day today, but very cold… certainly not a day I would fancy being out on the water, but I am a bit of a wimp! These sailors were setting off down the River Axe to go out to sea in the summer, much more fun than February!

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 […]

Within easy reach?

Bits and pieces by LoisJuly 28, 2014

Across the River

Places by LoisMarch 27, 2014

Lucky to live here

Archaeology and geology by LoisJanuary 21, 2014January 21, 2014

A picturesque little village…

Archaeology and geology by LoisNovember 12, 2013November 20, 2016

Places by LoisOctober 17, 2013

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 […]