Author name: Richard Clarke

At the Camp House (s.p.b.s) the waters of the River Severn are always flowing downstream, the extent of the tidal impact on the flow of the River being from the Severn Estuary upstream to Gloucester. The Severn Bore, a moving wave pushing upstream, also does not reach Worcester. The ‘Bore’ results from spring-tides pushing water […]

(I still don’t understand why some pictures come up sideways when they are the right way up on the desktop), anyway another photo of the lane from Hallow to the bank of the River Severn at Camp House (s.p.b.s). So why a young mature oak tree? – simply because they are now uncommon in eastern

Although I have no definative evidence I think that, in this part of Worcestershire at least, the River Severn has an incised river valley. This means that the original river valley is left ‘high and dry’ when changes in sea level or earth movements cause the river to start eroding a new river valey within

Today’s photo shows the hillside beside the lane leading from Hallow, past the ‘cottage’, to Camp House (s.p.b.), the lower part of the hillside showing a ripple-effect in the topsoil. These don’t qualify as ‘linchets’ (lynchets) as the bedrock isn’t chalk but are they a natural feature or evidence of past man-made terracing? I would

Today’s photo, taken from the same position as yesterday’s, shows the section of the River Severn in front of Camp House Inn (s.p.b. and its website). The building is 10 yards to the right and from it the lawn slopes down to the steps, despite this the property was last flooded in February 2020, the

Have had a ten-day break based near Worcester, hence the break in service from the Views of the Humber Estuary theme, so will try a run of daily short blogs remembering my stay. The ‘cottage’ is actually in the village of Hallow two miles north of Worcester but the footpath beside the River Severn can