This short river (only 24 miles) is one I remember with affection. A tributary, it runs through Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire until it enters the Welland beyond Stamford.
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| River Gwash just east of Empingham |
In the early 1950s I worked on this river helping to keep it clear and to relocate coarse fish (caught by stunning them with electric prods) to encourage the trout. These days it is a river well known with anglers for its trout fishing.
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| At 'work' in rubber waders |
In 1975 the Gwash was dammed to help create the Anglian Water reservoir known as Rutland Water.
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| Where the River Quash enters Rutland Water |
The Gwash's flow is controlled as it exits the reservoir and remains the picturesque river I remember.
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| River Gwash looking towards Ryhall from a footbridge at Belmesthorpe |
In my day we would have had to clean that out!
Photo attributions:
- River Gwash east of Empingham: 22 April 2007, ex geograph.org.uk, by Graham Horn - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence.
- Rutland Water (where the Gwash enters): 29 April 2006, ex geograph.org,uk, by Kate Jewell - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence
- River Gwash towards Ryhall: 28 July 2008, ex geograph.org.uk, by R Croft - CC BY-SA 2.0 licence.
9 comments:
Unless you mention the Thames and the Medway I am going to be astounded by all these British rivers about which I know nothing. The Gwash looks like a pretty river.
Are those locks in the one picture? I too am amazed that there are so many rivers. I'm now trying to think how many rivers we have just in Virginia - I can't name 26 so I would be at a loss with this theme!
This one looks like it would be a pleasant place to have a picnic.
Hi Bob - so interesting to see this part of the world and I'm sure I remember Rutland Water being developed ... but am so pleased they left your little river as it was - when it exits Rutland Water ... cheers Hilary
Wow, what lovely pictures! Stunning fish with a prod must have been quite an experience!
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Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing. I love rivers and find them soothing and inspiring.
Lovely picturesque rivers. A great theme for this year. Glad to see you back in the saddle so to speak for the A to Z challenge. My challenge entries are are at http://viridian61.blogspot.com/ but it's a much more serious theme - mass shootings in the USA.
Nice read 7 lovely pictures
Tongue Twister for G
That's the other side of the Wash from me and I don't know the area at all. I keep thing I should go to the Bird Fair at Rutland Water one year... then again I've been thinking that for twelve years...
Looking forward to your choice of rivers for letters, especially W and Y.
Jemima, blogging from A to Z on my writing inspirations
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