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Rhiannon R
Rhiannon Nov 24, 2007 17:36:26
Replying to tjj

June, I'm glad you liked the maps (I am map mad. I think I missed a calling as a cartographer). It'd be nice if they had the county boundaries or a few towns on them - make it easier to see what's where. (also I've realised it's only the SW map that has the watershed boundaries marked, for some reason.)

I love your blog - as usual you have played things down and hid your light under a bushel! I love things like that - the 'hidden' aspects of places people usually dismiss. You've got so much information packed into those pages. I've been meaning to get over to Rushy Platt for ages - those wintery photos of it are so calming, they're great.

But I do have to argue about one thing - the south wiltshire rivers like the Wylye definitely head south away from the thames. But they do say the two ends of wiltshire are like chalk and cheese anyway.

T tjj
tjj Nov 24, 2007 18:15:41
Replying to Rhiannon

Thank you for your very kind words Rhiannon.

I've just checked the river Wylye out as I hadn't heard of it before, what a very pretty little river and you are completely correct it has no connection to the Thames.

I guess I was thinking northwards of the river Kennet which (according to Wikipedia) has the rivers Og, Dun, Lambourn, Enbourne and Foundry Brook running into it. Six miles to the west of, and through Reading, it also supports a secondary channel known as Holy Brook which formerly powered the water mills of Reading Abbey. The Kennet meets up with the Thames at the Kennet Mouth just outside Reading.

So the Winterbourne and Swallowhead Springs are connected to the mighty Thames - this gives me a little thrill as I spent much of my adult life living in London and walks along the Embankment often left me wondering about its its mysterious source (which I know is actually near Cricklade).

Best wishes
june

L Littlestone
Littlestone Nov 24, 2007 21:54:47
Replying to Rhiannon

(I am map mad. I think I missed a calling as a cartographer).
Nice feature about London and some early maps of the city in today's Guardian colour supplement.