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Richard Jones<p>Three weeks ago I was getting ready to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>walk</span></a> nearly 300 miles from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Humber" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Humber</span></a> to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Severn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Severn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bridges</span></a>. Remember <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a>? Today I’m having to relearn how to walk three yards from my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bed</span></a> to my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/commode" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commode</span></a>! Funny old world, isn’t it?! Hey ho. Mustn’t grumble, I suppose. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Guillian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guillian</span></a>-BarréSyndrome <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CarpeDiem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarpeDiem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Walking</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>Far too much <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>red</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>white</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blue</span></a> on display <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>today</span></a> for my taste. So my antedote: a study in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>green</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meadow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meadow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floodplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floodplains</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nottinghamshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nottinghamshire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>‘Large Woody <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Debris" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Debris</span></a>’ (a technical term, apparently, but it really deserves its own <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>word</span></a>) forming a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/log" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>log</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jam</span></a> snagged on the cut waters of the late <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeventeenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeventeenthCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bridge</span></a> at Powick, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worcestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worcestershire</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ugly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ugly</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beautiful</span></a> in equal measure. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vocabulary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NFM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NaturalFloodManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturalFloodManagement</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alluvium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alluvium</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>Tremendous, if very <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wet</span></a>, afternoon along the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Teme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Teme</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worcestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worcestershire</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/View" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>View</span></a> from Bransford <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bridge</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Willows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Willows</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>@RogerRowe5k@mastodonapp.uk That’s delightful! My favourite Clareism is ‘riverstrife’ for flood. I have riffed off that word for my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> walk this summer.</p>
Richard Jones<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@JamesAldridgeArt" class="u-url mention">@<span>JamesAldridgeArt</span></a></span> Have you clocked my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> walk this summer? Not coming Wilts way; but if you happen to be in the vicinity of my route, would be great to meet up riverside! <a href="https://riverstride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">riverstride.wordpress.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>Great day out today. Identified unmapped <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flood</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embankments" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>embankments</span></a>; but the highlight was what must be a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chalybeate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chalybeate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spring</span></a> (unknown to me) all within three miles of my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cottage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cottage</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iron</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ferruginous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ferruginous</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvHist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nottinghamshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nottinghamshire</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>For an easier way to learn about my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Walk</span></a>, and a convenient way to get in contact and get involved, there’s now a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blog</span></a> site: <a href="https://riverstride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">riverstride.wordpress.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>The genesis of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/logo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>logo</span></a>. The sketch &gt; the inspiration &gt; the result. Cracking work by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://convo.casa/@bonesjones" class="u-url mention">@<span>bonesjones</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>An open <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/invitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invitation</span></a> to join me on my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Walk</span></a> this <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>summer</span></a>. If you are passionate about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/past" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/present" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>present</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>future</span></a> and want to share your expertise and perspectives, just get in touch! Details and dates in the images. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvHist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floods</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floodplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floodplains</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LandscapeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandscapeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> </p><p>Boosts appreciated to spread the word.</p>
Richard Jones<p>A <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> photo for the day. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> Wreake, between Thrussington and Hoby, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leicestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leicestershire</span></a>. The river-name describes its tightly meandering course, although what features here is a fairly straight reach. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Winter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Riverbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Riverbank</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Names" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Names</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>As deep reflection on our abuse of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a>; the powerful connection between people, place &amp; rivers; history &amp; hope; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pulp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pulp</span></a>’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wickerman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wickerman</span></a> is difficult to beat! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvHist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> </p><p>‘Yeah, a river flows underneath this city<br />I&#39;d like to go there with you now my pretty &amp; follow it on for miles &amp; miles, below other people&#39;s ordinary lives .<br />Occasionally catching a glimpse of the moon, through&#39; man-hole covers along the route. Yeah, it&#39;s dark sometimes…’</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yobSZlvqrII" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=yobSZlvq</span><span class="invisible">rII</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flood</span></a> Line. The silted bases of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Willow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Willow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trees</span></a> at the confluence of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSevern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSevern</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverAvon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverAvon</span></a> reveal the height of the last great flood in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January</span></a>. It’s in our collective interests to learn to read these obvious but much overlooked signs again. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Silt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Silt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>This seems problematic to me. I wonder what alternative pastimes Mythe Anglers favour as an alternative? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Angling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Angling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sign</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prohibition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Prohibition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImageOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ImageOfTheDay</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> Avon at Twyning, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gloucestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gloucestershire</span></a> earlier.</p>
Richard Jones<p>Moody <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImageOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ImageOfTheDay</span></a> today. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverGreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverGreet</span></a> near <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Southwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Southwell</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nottinghamshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nottinghamshire</span></a> in its <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>winter</span></a> coat. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>‘30 MILES BIRMINGHAM 58 LOCKS’ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FingerPostFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FingerPostFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSevern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSevern</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worcester" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worcester</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Birmingham</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tewkesbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tewkesbury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gloucester" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gloucester</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>A very different subject for me today. Staythorpe Power Station. But if you walk along <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a> you’ll encounter such scenes, especially along the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverTrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverTrent</span></a>. Not keen on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascist</span></a> vibe, but it’s quite striking. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Industrial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pylons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pylons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackAndWhitePhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackAndWhitePhoto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Snapseed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Snapseed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImageOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ImageOfTheDay</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>Thought I’d get some <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medieval</span></a> stuff onto my feed. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worcester" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worcester</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cathedral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cathedral</span></a> with a couple of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EighteenthCentury</span></a> balusters thrown into the bargain. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSevern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSevern</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bridge</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Night</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackAndWhitePhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackAndWhitePhoto</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverStride" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverStride</span></a> blog updated with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>walk</span></a> itinerary and comments box! <a href="https://RiverStride.Wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">RiverStride.Wordpress.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floodplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Floodplains</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnvHist</span></a></p>