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Countrystride #13: The Solway Coast - Wetlands, birdsong and lost lines
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
...In which we wander with Ann Lingard along the mosses, marshes and mudflats of the Solway coast. Enveloped in birdsong, we take in big skies, skeleton trees and wildlife-rich marshes before discussing the rise – and dramatic fall – of one of Cumbria's lost railways, the dying craft of salmon 'haaf netting' and how Ann's love for the sea was woken during rockpool 'guddles' with her Cornish father.
Released:
Apr 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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