The Islands of the Brue

by | Feb 7, 2024 | River Brue

THE ISLANDS OF THE BRUERay GibbsA5 paperback, 56 pagesWith 10 full colour illustrations and three maps, all drawn by the author.Published January 2024RRP £10.00Price for copies bought from this website £10.00 including postage Note: at the checkout you will be charged...

Rewild the River Brue

by | Oct 14, 2022 | River Brue

Rewild the River Brue Glastonbury Oracle, February 2021​​When I visit the River Brue I become increasingly aware of the flood banks, built in the Middle Ages to restrain the river and to discourage it from flooding the land. This extended the grazing season, though...

The Brue Valley since World War 2

by | Oct 14, 2022 | River Brue

Written for a talk at the Glastonbury Conservation Society, June 2016 ​It is since the second world war, and to a significant extent as a result of things that happened during the second world war, that conservation issues on the Somerset Levels have come to the fore....

Connecting with the River (August 2017)

by | Sep 1, 2017 | River Brue

Connecting with the River: August Blog post, August 2017 (published 1/9/2017 after broad band is finally installed at home). The month begins with thick cloud and a rainstorm that lasted twelve hours or so. By the following morning the river is much fuller, and where...

Connecting with the River, January 2017

by | Feb 20, 2017 | River Brue

Connecting with the River, January 2017 Blog post, published 20/2/2017 Dawn at Plungen, near Glastonbury January 2017. The new year begins with a fiery red sky in the east; the river has already risen quite a bit, and over the first weekend of January it rises three...

Connecting with the River (November 2016)

by | Dec 1, 2016 | River Brue

Connecting with the river – November 2016Blog post, December 1 2016  After writing my book about the River Brue I decided to continue deepening my connection by walking down to the river each morning (that I could manage) for a year. This I began at the beginning of...