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Looking across the river to the elegant buildings along West Quay; the quays were originally built in 1424, but have undergone much redevelopment over the intervening years. Eastover Bridge across the River Parrrett, tide coming in at a lick! East Gate stood across the river where Broadway meets Eastover, so named because it was on the […]
MoreI 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 […]
MoreI posted this photo a few days ago, commenting on the amount of silt and vegetation which had grown along the River Parrett in Bridgwater – you can clearly see how it is so silted along the sides which used to be where ships moored, that reeds and rushes and other plants have grown… now […]
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Lois Elsden 