Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Three weeks ago I was getting ready to #walk nearly 300 miles from the #Humber to the #Severn #bridges. Remember #RiverStride? Today I’m having to relearn how to walk three yards from my #hospital #bed to my #commode! Funny old world, isn’t it?! Hey ho. Mustn’t grumble, I suppose. #Guillian-BarréSyndrome #CarpeDiem #Walking
#walking #carpediem #guillian #commode #bed #Hospital #riverstride #bridges #severn #Humber #walk
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Far too much #red, #white and #blue on display #today for my taste. So my antedote: a study in #green. #Meadow #Floodplains #Nottinghamshire #River #Trent #RiverStride
#riverstride #Trent #River #nottinghamshire #floodplains #meadow #green #today #blue #white #red
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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‘Large Woody #Debris’ (a technical term, apparently, but it really deserves its own #word) forming a #log #jam snagged on the cut waters of the late #SeventeenthCentury #bridge at Powick, #Worcestershire. #Ugly and #beautiful in equal measure. #Floods #Flooding #vocabulary #NFM #NaturalFloodManagement #Alluvium #RiverStride
#riverstride #alluvium #naturalfloodmanagement #nfm #vocabulary #flooding #floods #beautiful #ugly #worcestershire #bridge #seventeenthcentury #jam #log #word #debris
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Tremendous, if very #wet, afternoon along the #River #Teme. #Worcestershire. #View from Bransford #Bridge. #Willows #RiverStride
#riverstride #willows #bridge #view #worcestershire #teme #River #wet
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Richard Jones · @rlcj
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@JamesAldridgeArt Have you clocked my #RiverStride 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! https://riverstride.wordpress.com/
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Great day out today. Identified unmapped #river #flood #embankments; but the highlight was what must be a #chalybeate #spring (unknown to me) all within three miles of my #cottage. #RiverStride #iron #ferruginous #EnvHist #Nottinghamshire
#nottinghamshire #envhist #ferruginous #iron #riverstride #cottage #Spring #chalybeate #embankments #flood #River
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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For an easier way to learn about my #RiverStride #Walk, and a convenient way to get in contact and get involved, there’s now a #blog site: https://riverstride.wordpress.com/
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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The genesis of the #RiverStride #logo. The sketch > the inspiration > the result. Cracking work by @bonesjones #GraphicDesign
#graphicdesign #logo #riverstride
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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An open #invitation to join me on my #RiverStride #Walk this #summer. If you are passionate about #UK #rivers #past #present and #future and want to share your expertise and perspectives, just get in touch! Details and dates in the images. #EnvHist #Environment #Floods #Floodplains #Nature #LandscapeHistory #ClimateChange #Pollution #Rewilding
Boosts appreciated to spread the word.
#rewilding #Pollution #ClimateChange #landscapehistory #Nature #floodplains #floods #Environment #envhist #future #present #past #rivers #UK #Summer #walk #riverstride #invitation
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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A #RiverStride photo for the day. The #River Wreake, between Thrussington and Hoby, #Leicestershire. The river-name describes its tightly meandering course, although what features here is a fairly straight reach. #Rivers #Winter #Riverbank #Trees #Names
#names #Trees #riverbank #Winter #rivers #leicestershire #River #riverstride
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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As deep reflection on our abuse of #UK #rivers; the powerful connection between people, place & rivers; history & hope; #Pulp’s #Wickerman is difficult to beat! #EnvHist #RiverStride
‘Yeah, a river flows underneath this city
I'd like to go there with you now my pretty & follow it on for miles & miles, below other people's ordinary lives .
Occasionally catching a glimpse of the moon, through' man-hole covers along the route. Yeah, it's dark sometimes…’
#riverstride #envhist #WickerMan #pulp #rivers #UK
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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The #Flood Line. The silted bases of #Willow #trees at the confluence of the #rivers #RiverSevern and #RiverAvon reveal the height of the last great flood in #January. It’s in our collective interests to learn to read these obvious but much overlooked signs again. #ClimateChange #Flooding #Silt #RiverStride
#riverstride #silt #flooding #ClimateChange #january #RiverAvon #riversevern #rivers #Trees #willow #flood
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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This seems problematic to me. I wonder what alternative pastimes Mythe Anglers favour as an alternative? #Angling #Fish #River #Sign #Prohibition #RiverStride
#riverstride #prohibition #sign #River #fish #angling
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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#RiverStride #ImageOfTheDay. #River Avon at Twyning, #Gloucestershire earlier.
#gloucestershire #River #imageoftheday #riverstride
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Moody #ImageOfTheDay today. The #RiverGreet near #Southwell, #Nottinghamshire in its #winter coat. #River #RiverStride
#riverstride #River #Winter #nottinghamshire #southwell #rivergreet #imageoftheday
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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‘30 MILES BIRMINGHAM 58 LOCKS’ #FingerPostFriday #Canal #RiverSevern #Worcester #Birmingham #Tewkesbury #Gloucester #RiverStride
#riverstride #gloucester #tewkesbury #birmingham #worcester #riversevern #canal #fingerpostfriday
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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A very different subject for me today. Staythorpe Power Station. But if you walk along #rivers you’ll encounter such scenes, especially along the #RiverTrent. Not keen on the #fascist vibe, but it’s quite striking. #Industrial #Landscape #Pylons #BlackAndWhitePhoto #Phone #Snapseed #RiverStride #ImageOfTheDay
#imageoftheday #riverstride #Snapseed #Phone #blackandwhitephoto #pylons #Landscape #industrial #fascist #rivertrent #rivers
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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Thought I’d get some #medieval stuff onto my feed. #Worcester #Cathedral with a couple of #EighteenthCentury balusters thrown into the bargain. #RiverSevern #Bridge #RiverStride #Night #BlackAndWhitePhoto
#blackandwhitephoto #night #riverstride #bridge #riversevern #eighteenthcentury #cathedral #worcester #medieval
Richard Jones · @rlcj
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#RiverStride blog updated with #walk itinerary and comments box! https://RiverStride.Wordpress.com #Rivers #Flooding #Floodplains #History #EnvHist
#envhist #History #floodplains #flooding #rivers #walk #riverstride