The Dee Bore
Ancient, they say:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCw62ufU3p4Kot14NYfmMAvKa4kM5X5kgTAYgt2PaVx-fZY_eVAQYbPu-F-PnfULXnPWDuDXCfl37EMlaBeHlyWIOv6LoNhclDT3aizPBuwPbQf3O-xu1xp1NvDvie-RZaeZ6/s1600/Road+to+Dee.jpg)
a Roman-straight road
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHZdEU-4Lv98Kw3kS2-d-mD0qQXV-5K19-XHccjn4AfqZvhbrH7V2Qrv9meImTUcYwKZ9QEKe1qSzCzyALYfHEW6bOAuYZ7yCh8I_Djc4WSTIQpgVGZY20VXdsFCApUdR83T7/s1600/Stile.jpg)
bisecting lines
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI3t0LWEY_1hpNqhDadK8KjdPnK1Lchs7_6h8wReGiSAG4_JsNbY-XTXRfmXVt9l1-VuoCCTlhGfCncWoeiryNiCa5FrNLADfEhnVpa1ZVn0clRpkpFjo1nDiyyLIpkfF9eUn/s1600/Dee+crossing+English+side.jpg)
marking clusters
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSHm4or2fIHQ69jKaMVrUqaOJfxh_PeKFL27MIZv1iqhLtCErf8ew-3-3WC7gt2TcAWoowtj4T0JpRy65ByjD-UCy-yuFXpLRmmB9LxqHcNDZZ3M_T0mOpSD9W6ZvK6z1OsIZ/s1600/From+Bridge+Looking+to+Sealand.jpg)
making grids.
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There used to be a ferry man
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAdO5429mcO8gFIP3xAVN1PppdI5NuTXmg_qF36zQwhdmw3Ovp4sgGECG8AFi8FwNKCBFRs4D61C7DLj-UUGmyQ-gywCqOZMXjhDnziHnESVmuNnYXHlJd3n0FKuP3yNXMGFA/s1600/Ferry+causeway+English+side.jpg)
tacking together the frayed edges
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aZbHGjEiO2x7HOG8By5pa0WVCSZWxD_U1LlslboYqOqreMrXBmcS9wMj45B1d0P_a2vw5j1tQiffvfrv-uOvCRN3l1XHcvJEICyDfs0jAqIFEJdhteQfLf4IGfvVTPJ9pM5y/s1600/People+on+the+bridge+2.jpg)
before this steel-edged rivet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lXweAl9AQItl5tDuxhhgpWXcMYKrDTvW-UnpCym07TI70Kj1GadCxCmDhqn4e8XXdRSv1I-fzx4f2SnUkg8qGTpIS8EVKTIlLd49IOVBRJuTEkdv2qocwdnBqdzajMqiWz-R/s1600/Towards+Chester.jpg)
Upstream the city and the weir
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1-0D4MSVTSqgdo1lHtwev0tX1B_bp9EIyVpJz9CYW0qEZKOLhyphenhyphen1OfgMqd8YwzraczKy7JH5ViOcImYkkwgJcw5GrQVzvAczC1CStj4LA9hR3rwU_O7NgUvjUdtiiKcFr0Zy8/s1600/Into+Wales.jpg)
downstream the flatlands and the face-whipping wind
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0Qs5xKSClswgd2C_u52YsSffBMBgD5nLtGsaXoen-H-csgdpkIBw5sR-WF00jaEScb0mLPNPq1ExkYD_cUxxfcb_neLzKo40C2UcWaIlrlmPpCbhD6oLiWF-VIeXWL1-BRIf/s1600/Airbus.jpg)
home of fat-bellied planes bumbling in with high tech pollen.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv-isrV_ZVeNVCcsb_bRAtBCTt40DqSdk27t7B1WGG7JXwfdaQNoph0x7vZZaNh4HJ27mM4kHVphiWIR_sdFiMI8y7c_qdAfn8I6_cbysKBiuJtEPr363mUH2MAyMLURdcDHV/s1600/People+on+the+bridge.jpg)
The people pause
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1G7azY1MHoFZzrtB9JKMuyYIr756f4ubc-WMWKP8cH0X4VqekbCyHA0ywusB5DK2F1RaRK76lB10Hjf9bq_gjHWJIEsDKVZGjvrKf54aiMRlJedcD33XRMtVnRb1kvHRNxwG/s1600/Something+coming.jpg)
wait
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcQAscCJ6-CY28tYjXYN6YMx1sY5LLYXpnD7n-tZI3eHeWK5wbTkf4xaFYTE2jdlm6kL710CcULaV0FihAQuvzvxXs53yvOvYc2tFSr49QY_GIDqbiBFL3JQ06-Ucg6QYUTPE/s1600/And+there+it+is!.jpg)
peer along the canalised banks:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFYeaRcViu1FbHSZkunA-n69A6S39WkXccpYHmm4R4pA6IeBiwhJ55bBj1l8Q-WAh0zp3JI4W3wCINoLYKrKPis4tfH3be4MDzbpQc9aVhWM8TPrEwtFNgtu-OAzPpF9BCOmJ/s1600/The+Dee+Bore.jpg)
and, on cue, the silver line
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Y-tMlfyuz3zjEc6B0d_6PkdI4jrxqq040czxPfu06BFlBJuRPHZ7cjPtXfoXrccPCvQnZM3Q-2XTwrBgQjsZ2ORewDdAK04f30hX2hwjpmXas6Keww7P31Mts37holseUnY0/s1600/The+bore+2.jpg)
crumples
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvG0_DRmG7WoJMRRxk3mXRNvjJpToCCa0lT1nM4Wq2WMW99nc705l9s3UQcgQrIuhPzq3AZ1fcM7l1RM9qmg6wDbTCGIsRK0zxo71NAKOX6FyIGF2cqv85loaJeikTFhaiyc8/s1600/The+bore+3.jpg)
becomes dashed. Salt meeting sweet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0Urc59k7t7Ek-gzJ3nILcB8o4EER5yOaFTwz2CXm-dWPMjzqlT7Gs5SRqIRqZPiMz63UHGFiq4eASoJT3b58LiZylL2LQQG7FZ2zgbtbfyEjouKW-eMHLAHQ37EiBpCJHsh_/s1600/The+bore+4.jpg)
A place to cut or fold?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7UIC5E-UQdNv5-ZngFdR0NIYwUvPPVhLvO8ltIUGxHR0UXyYCbZBNu_6qVTbUErRpM7oF9DbWvHWPSSbX9AG9ZlAwjYUNTB3b7k8JcOIQ2jgkEh4WJms5HgZz66GwtmqXaDP/s1600/Time+to+go..jpg)
The sea shrugs.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCw62ufU3p4Kot14NYfmMAvKa4kM5X5kgTAYgt2PaVx-fZY_eVAQYbPu-F-PnfULXnPWDuDXCfl37EMlaBeHlyWIOv6LoNhclDT3aizPBuwPbQf3O-xu1xp1NvDvie-RZaeZ6/s1600/Road+to+Dee.jpg)
a Roman-straight road
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHZdEU-4Lv98Kw3kS2-d-mD0qQXV-5K19-XHccjn4AfqZvhbrH7V2Qrv9meImTUcYwKZ9QEKe1qSzCzyALYfHEW6bOAuYZ7yCh8I_Djc4WSTIQpgVGZY20VXdsFCApUdR83T7/s1600/Stile.jpg)
bisecting lines
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI3t0LWEY_1hpNqhDadK8KjdPnK1Lchs7_6h8wReGiSAG4_JsNbY-XTXRfmXVt9l1-VuoCCTlhGfCncWoeiryNiCa5FrNLADfEhnVpa1ZVn0clRpkpFjo1nDiyyLIpkfF9eUn/s1600/Dee+crossing+English+side.jpg)
marking clusters
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSHm4or2fIHQ69jKaMVrUqaOJfxh_PeKFL27MIZv1iqhLtCErf8ew-3-3WC7gt2TcAWoowtj4T0JpRy65ByjD-UCy-yuFXpLRmmB9LxqHcNDZZ3M_T0mOpSD9W6ZvK6z1OsIZ/s1600/From+Bridge+Looking+to+Sealand.jpg)
making grids.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-xRL5JCdXfzz8qgluDGp_iVqYFQKKQBXeIhkAsEywnbZ7NZEoNQB4GAgM1LYP7nkMKBlnKueuvEhC8hFDFPDoMwV8CZTminQW1tdU9epc6QZOhbSBKl6JY6E2aHuS9E4G52E/s1600/Ferry+landing+Welsh+side.jpg)
There used to be a ferry man
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAdO5429mcO8gFIP3xAVN1PppdI5NuTXmg_qF36zQwhdmw3Ovp4sgGECG8AFi8FwNKCBFRs4D61C7DLj-UUGmyQ-gywCqOZMXjhDnziHnESVmuNnYXHlJd3n0FKuP3yNXMGFA/s1600/Ferry+causeway+English+side.jpg)
tacking together the frayed edges
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aZbHGjEiO2x7HOG8By5pa0WVCSZWxD_U1LlslboYqOqreMrXBmcS9wMj45B1d0P_a2vw5j1tQiffvfrv-uOvCRN3l1XHcvJEICyDfs0jAqIFEJdhteQfLf4IGfvVTPJ9pM5y/s1600/People+on+the+bridge+2.jpg)
before this steel-edged rivet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lXweAl9AQItl5tDuxhhgpWXcMYKrDTvW-UnpCym07TI70Kj1GadCxCmDhqn4e8XXdRSv1I-fzx4f2SnUkg8qGTpIS8EVKTIlLd49IOVBRJuTEkdv2qocwdnBqdzajMqiWz-R/s1600/Towards+Chester.jpg)
Upstream the city and the weir
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1-0D4MSVTSqgdo1lHtwev0tX1B_bp9EIyVpJz9CYW0qEZKOLhyphenhyphen1OfgMqd8YwzraczKy7JH5ViOcImYkkwgJcw5GrQVzvAczC1CStj4LA9hR3rwU_O7NgUvjUdtiiKcFr0Zy8/s1600/Into+Wales.jpg)
downstream the flatlands and the face-whipping wind
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0Qs5xKSClswgd2C_u52YsSffBMBgD5nLtGsaXoen-H-csgdpkIBw5sR-WF00jaEScb0mLPNPq1ExkYD_cUxxfcb_neLzKo40C2UcWaIlrlmPpCbhD6oLiWF-VIeXWL1-BRIf/s1600/Airbus.jpg)
home of fat-bellied planes bumbling in with high tech pollen.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv-isrV_ZVeNVCcsb_bRAtBCTt40DqSdk27t7B1WGG7JXwfdaQNoph0x7vZZaNh4HJ27mM4kHVphiWIR_sdFiMI8y7c_qdAfn8I6_cbysKBiuJtEPr363mUH2MAyMLURdcDHV/s1600/People+on+the+bridge.jpg)
The people pause
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1G7azY1MHoFZzrtB9JKMuyYIr756f4ubc-WMWKP8cH0X4VqekbCyHA0ywusB5DK2F1RaRK76lB10Hjf9bq_gjHWJIEsDKVZGjvrKf54aiMRlJedcD33XRMtVnRb1kvHRNxwG/s1600/Something+coming.jpg)
wait
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcQAscCJ6-CY28tYjXYN6YMx1sY5LLYXpnD7n-tZI3eHeWK5wbTkf4xaFYTE2jdlm6kL710CcULaV0FihAQuvzvxXs53yvOvYc2tFSr49QY_GIDqbiBFL3JQ06-Ucg6QYUTPE/s1600/And+there+it+is!.jpg)
peer along the canalised banks:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFYeaRcViu1FbHSZkunA-n69A6S39WkXccpYHmm4R4pA6IeBiwhJ55bBj1l8Q-WAh0zp3JI4W3wCINoLYKrKPis4tfH3be4MDzbpQc9aVhWM8TPrEwtFNgtu-OAzPpF9BCOmJ/s1600/The+Dee+Bore.jpg)
and, on cue, the silver line
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Y-tMlfyuz3zjEc6B0d_6PkdI4jrxqq040czxPfu06BFlBJuRPHZ7cjPtXfoXrccPCvQnZM3Q-2XTwrBgQjsZ2ORewDdAK04f30hX2hwjpmXas6Keww7P31Mts37holseUnY0/s1600/The+bore+2.jpg)
crumples
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvG0_DRmG7WoJMRRxk3mXRNvjJpToCCa0lT1nM4Wq2WMW99nc705l9s3UQcgQrIuhPzq3AZ1fcM7l1RM9qmg6wDbTCGIsRK0zxo71NAKOX6FyIGF2cqv85loaJeikTFhaiyc8/s1600/The+bore+3.jpg)
becomes dashed. Salt meeting sweet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0Urc59k7t7Ek-gzJ3nILcB8o4EER5yOaFTwz2CXm-dWPMjzqlT7Gs5SRqIRqZPiMz63UHGFiq4eASoJT3b58LiZylL2LQQG7FZ2zgbtbfyEjouKW-eMHLAHQ37EiBpCJHsh_/s1600/The+bore+4.jpg)
A place to cut or fold?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7UIC5E-UQdNv5-ZngFdR0NIYwUvPPVhLvO8ltIUGxHR0UXyYCbZBNu_6qVTbUErRpM7oF9DbWvHWPSSbX9AG9ZlAwjYUNTB3b7k8JcOIQ2jgkEh4WJms5HgZz66GwtmqXaDP/s1600/Time+to+go..jpg)
The sea shrugs.
6 Comments:
"The sea shrugs." Damn, but you have a gift.
And you are a very generous person! Thank you, Jud.
Great photos & poetic imagery. Canal paths are so peaceful!
Thanks Paul! Yes, peaceful but with an edge of wilderness about it.
I like that minimalist narration, spare but apt!
Thanks Marly! I like minimalism.
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