Useful to know. One thing putting me off river sections is having to go further/longer than I want between moorings but if a considerate anchor stop is ok that could help a lot

I’ve vaguely wondered whether no mooring includes anchoring but as I’ve not been near a river yet, I’ve not checked.

So beautiful 😍👌 thanks, Jane

Yes, please. School English lit put me off Austen completely. You’re stirring my interest enough to consider trying again.

I should have said “deliberately designed to fail” as it is hard to see any other explanation.

Glorious. Your water images are wonderful (not that your others aren’t, just that these speak to me most) and I always appreciate your equally evocative alt-text too 🥰

Doomed to obvious failure from the start, how could it not be with an ageing infrastructure, rising costs, and reducing funding?

Difficult isn’t it, you probably did right.

It’s a surprisingly maligned plant despite many natural values. I hadn’t thought before that its denial by early christians could be a contributor.
I hadn’t previously noted gooseberry in the Ogham, for some reeason I think of it as a sixteenth century import, but that may be when it became popular.

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