Nothing’s solid here; all’s sketched and coloured in shifting tones of water and light.
Jim Perrin, The Rivers of Wales
Estuary
Land’s End to John O’Groats
Falls
Meanders
Tributaries
…not as into a pool, stagnant, passive, motionless, but as a noble river that received its tributary waters and bears them onward in larger and statelier volume
Johannes Brahms
Source
Rivers are texts by which are expressed the land’s folklore, its mythology, the culture of the people, the character of each region, even the harm done to our landscapes.
Jim Perrin, The Rivers of Wales
Home Straits
Yes; I was tired, but not at heart;
Charlotte Brontë, ‘The Wood’
No – that beats full of sweet content,
For now I have my natural part
Of action with adventure blent;
Rounding the Mark
Mark: An object the sailing instructions require a boat to leave on a specified side, a race committee boat surrounded by navigable water from which the starting or finishing line extends.
Racing Rules of Sailing, Definitions
The primary goal for leeward mark roundings is to put yourself in a good position for starting the next beat.
David Dellenbaugh
A treacherous coast
For those in peril on the sea
from the hymn ‘Eternal Father strong to save’, William Whiting, 1860
Rest Day Photo Essay
I meet all the saints
Oh when the saints go marching in / Oh when the saints go marching in / I want to be of their number
Gospel hymn
Walking The Landscape 