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2000s: Two explorers in a canoe the colour of Mae West’s lips…
The Pull of the River
What you need to know before your trail
In The Pull of the River two foolhardy explorers do what we would all love to do: they turn their world upside down and seek adventure on their very own doorstep.
In a handsome, homemade canoe, painted a joyous nautical red the colour of Mae West’s lips, Matt and his friend James delve into a watery landscape that invites us to see the world through new eyes.
Over chalk, gravel, clay and mud; through fields, woodland, villages, towns and cities, they reveal many places that otherwise go unnoticed and perhaps unloved, finding delight in the Waveney, Stour, Alde/Ore, upper and lower Thames, Lark, Great Ouse, Granta and Cam, Wye, Otter, Colne, Severn and the Great Glen Trail.
Locations
Reset- England
- A: River Waverney - Wortham
- B: River Waverney - Syleham
- C: River Waverney - Mendham Mill
- D: River Stour - Wyndham
- E: River Stour - Langham
- F: River Lrak - Bury St Edmunds
- G: River Thames - Lechlade
- H: River Thames - Cricklade
- I: River Colne - Water Mill
- J: River Wye - Hay-on-Wye
- K: River Severn - The Wrekin
- Scotland -Loch Ness
- L: The Great Glen Trail
Travel Guide
Travel around England in a canoe with The Pull of the River
Matt Gaw and his friend James Treadaway decide to go travelling around the rivers of England on a canoe. This is going to be no ordinary journey however for they want to see the land from the water, how the rivers large and small have affected the towns and villages, and life in this part of the world.
Small steps and small rivers first however (Waveney, Ouse, Alde, Colne) and then onto the larger rivers (Wye, Severn and Thames).
When you are travelling at such a slow pace as on a canoe, it’s amazing what you see and what you can appreciate. There are observations of water flow, land shape, birds and plantlife and a realisation of man’s place in all of this.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Pull of the River
Destination: England, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, London Author/guide: Matt Gaw Departure Time: 2000s
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