grebeman
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Yealm, an Anglo Saxon word meaning kind, peaceful or tranquil, depending on the source consulted. Following our recent rain the river is far from peaceful at the moment. A short river, just some 12 miles in length rising on southern Dartmoor at about 1400 feet above sea level, here it is photographed less than a mile from where it enters the river estuary, somewhere known to me all my life. Given that it is a short river it tends to rise quickly and fall quickly and it was evident that the river had been several feet higher than recored here. In July of last year several houses in Yealmpton, just upstream were flooded and a road bridge was threatened with collapse, a situation just avoided this time. The images are in order going downstream over a few hundred yards.
All on a DP1M
Barrie
All on a DP1M
Barrie