#river nene

[theglowstickchronicles]

@lemonspice sent me this… this is how I find out it’s happening again???

[uwmspeccoll]

Flora and Sylva

This week we present some wood-engraved flora and sylva from Down the River, with text by H. E. Bates and 83 wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, published in London by Victor Gollancz, Ltd, in 1937.

Agnes Miller Parker was a prolific Scottish wood engraver and illustrator. She did work for Gollancz and the Welsh private press Gregynog, but she was particularly sought after by the American publisher George Macy to illustrate several publications for his Limited Editions Club imprint.  H. E. Bates was an equally prolific English writer of novels, short stories, drama, essays, non-fiction, criticism, children’s books, and autobiography. Down the River is somewhat autobiographical. It is a sequel to his 1936 Gollancz book (also illustrated by Parker) Through the Woods. In the book shown here, Bates writes of two rivers from his childhood, the Ouse and the Nene, and of the many aspects of river life, both natural and human, including its flora and sylva.

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[shipwreckguy]

Baltic Arrow

MV Baltic Arrow aground on river Nene #uk #wibech #maritime

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[nqbuddy]

When the River Nene looks like a lawn...

When the River Nene looks like a lawn…

Is it just me? Lakes and rivers didn’t look like this when we were kids. Summer is here and the blue-green algae is back turning our waterscape into a soggy lawn. Upstream from the Whitewater Centre At this time of year I’m cycling along the River Nene and around Delapre Lake a lot, sometimes daily. There are signs up at Delapre warning people not to swim but there is a huge public yearning…

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[stevescoles]

When the River Nene looks like a lawn...

When the River Nene looks like a lawn…

Is it just me? Lakes and rivers didn’t look like this when we were kids. Summer is here and the blue-green algae is back turning our waterscape into a soggy lawn. Upstream from the Whitewater Centre At this time of year I’m cycling along the River Nene and around Delapre Lake a lot, sometimes daily. There are signs up at Delapre warning people not to swim but there is a huge public yearning…

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[dianaashworth]

Down by the River Side!

Down by the River Side!

Lazy river — the Nene in Northamptonshire Standing on a bridge in the early morning listening for nightingales Checking for cattle egrets. Noticing the first midges of the year. All the time watching for the blue flash of a kingfisher: Busy River — the Afon Hafren (Severn) near it’s source. Looking for dippers and grey wagtails. and now calm but powerful. 220 miles further down stream —…

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[nqbuddy]

Nene Valley Festival celebrates 5000 years of life along the river

Nene Valley Festival celebrates 5000 years of life along the river

As the tide of Covid 19 begins to turn and life returns to normal across the area, residents of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and beyond are invited to celebrate this year’s Nene Valley Festival from September 11 – 19. With more than 70 events planned, the collaboration between North Northamptonshire Council, Destination Nene Valley, Nenescape Landscape Partnership and the National Lottery…

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[stevescoles]

Nene Valley Festival celebrates 5000 years of life along the river

Nene Valley Festival celebrates 5000 years of life along the river

As the tide of Covid 19 begins to turn and life returns to normal across the area, residents of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and beyond are invited to celebrate this year’s Nene Valley Festival from September 11 – 19. With more than 70 events planned, the collaboration between North Northamptonshire Council, Destination Nene Valley, Nenescape Landscape Partnership and the National Lottery…

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