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Edging the estuary / Peter Finch.
Van Pelt Library DA670.S29 F56 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finch, Peter, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finch, Peter, 1947---Travel--Severn River Estuary (England and Wales).
- Finch, Peter.
- Finch, Peter, 1947-.
- Travel.
- Severn River Estuary (England and Wales)--Description and travel.
- Severn River Estuary (England and Wales).
- Physical Description:
- 300 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bridgend : Seren, [2013]
- Summary:
- In the Middle Ages the port of Cardiff stretched from Chepstow to Gower. Poet and archetypal Cardiffian Peter Finch sets out to explore his heritage. Walking the Welsh side of the Severn Estuary he reclaims personal memories and discovers the lives of others. With a detour to Maismore, the highest tidal point of the estuary, he walks the English side too, taking in the differences with Wales, reviving past links and looking at his homeland from abroad. On his journey Finch sees the estuary as border, a highway for trade and ideas, an industrial zone, and a place of leisure. Rich in anecdote, evocative in description, Finch's book takes in villages and cities, power stations and fishermen, castles and caravans, leg-aching walks and deck chairs on the beach. The tragedy of Lynmouth, the competing delights of Porthcawl, Barry and Weston-super-Mare, the industrial sites of Usk and Port Talbot, the ancient trackways of Swansea Bay, the Severn Bore and the Star Inn at Neath are among the many stories which punctuate Finch's epic walk along some of the most beautiful coastline in Britain. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Land and the Water 12
- How Big Is The Estuary? 16
- Who Runs It? 18
- Walking Again 20
- Sailing on the Waters 21
- Ports 22
- The Water 23
- Gulls 24
- The Port of Cardiff -Where It All Begins 24
- The East: Chepstow to Redwick
- Chepstow 28
- The Gwent Levels 34
- St Pierre 37
- Mathern 40
- The Lave Fishing Grounds 45
- Sudbrook 49
- The Shooting Range 54
- Abergwaitha 56
- Redwick, Goldcliff and the Wetlands Reserve 59
- Newport
- The Mouth of the Usk 63
- Newport Docklands 68
- Caerleon 72
- Uskmouth West 76
- Wentlooge 78
- Cardiff
- Tower 81
- Flood 85
- Lambies 89
- Crossing the City 94
- The Zone - Pengam lo the Bay 99
- Cardiff South 103
- The Cardiff Bay Barrage to Penarth 110
- The Beaches Everyone Visits: Lavernock to Fontygary
- Lavernock 115
- Swanbridge 119
- Bendrick 122
- Across Barry 126
- The Island 130
- The Far South - Rhoose Point 135
- Fontygary and Beyond 139
- The Heritage Coast: Aberthaw to Porthcawl
- Aberthaw 142
- Limpert 147
- Nash 150
- St Donat's 154
- The Hard Core Coast 159
- Merthyr Mawr 161
- Newton 164
- Porthcawl 167
- The West: Kenfig to Swansea
- Kenfig 174
- Aberavon 179
- Baglan and the Briton Ferry Bridge 185
- The Star Inn, Neath 188
- Canal Names, Some 192
- Crymlyn 193
- Swansea 195
- The Mumbles Road 202
- Gower: Oystermouth to Worm's Head
- Oystermouth 207
- Where Gower Begins 212
- Pwll Du and on into the West 216
- Hugged Again by the Burrows 219
- Headlands 221
- Salt and Rock 225
- Paviland 228
- Wurm 230
- England: The Tidal Limits to Lynmouth
- The Tidal Limits 235
- The English Border 239
- Singing 244
- Avonmouth and Portishead 245
- Weston 248
- Watchet to Minehead 252
- Exmoor 255
- Lynmouth 258
- Out in the Waters
- The Islands 263
- The Barrage 267
- Sailing 272.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1781720843
- 9781781720844
- OCLC:
- 835973384
- Publisher Number:
- 99957871010
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