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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The rusting tracks of a Russian army vehicle are seen lying beside the Irpin where the Ukrainian army attacked an attempted pontoon crossing.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A section of the Irpin river near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
The river Irpin winds its way between moschun and Rakivka where bilogists from the UNCG are carrying out a survey.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A crater from a Russian shell is seen beside the Irpin near Rakivka.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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WarWilding: a new word to describe the startling effects of using nature as a weapon.
From defensive flooding to buffer zones, using the natural world in conflict is as old as war itself - now academics have given it a name.
During the early days of the Russia-Ukraine war, the invading force was approaching the Irpin River and the gates of the Ukrainian capital. But the river waters suddenly rose, forcing the Russians to turn back and leaving a trail of abandoned tanks and military hardware. Kyiv breathed again and a wetland ecosystem was reflooded for the first time in more than 70 years.
The Ukrainian army reflooded the dying Irpin River and its former wetlands to save the Ukrainian capital.
"That's warWilding," says Jasper Humphreys, director of programmes for the Marjan Study Group in the department of war studies at King’s College London, which researches conflict and the environment.
A European Green Toad is seen near a pool beside the Irpin.
The Ukrainian army’s flooding of the river Irpin at the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine has created the ideal conditions for a successful warWilding legacy.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
Portrait of Toon Hezemans, the trail was/is his idea.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
Portrait of Andrew Davies, he will translate the guide.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been Òpopularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogsÓ.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks Ð two of which are made from the spoil of old mines Ð merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
On each of the 7 peaks Toon has screwed a pair of shoes in a tree.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
The eldertree.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Children enjoy a swim at Bantham Estuary of River Avon Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Children enjoy a swim at Bantham Estuary of River Avon Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been Òpopularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogsÓ.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks Ð two of which are made from the spoil of old mines Ð merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
Kunradersteen (marlstone), a rock found next to the road on the field, many houses in the area are build of this material.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Sewage River Avon, Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Bantham.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been “popularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogs”.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks – two of which are made from the spoil of old mines – merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
Toon Hezemans explains the area.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Sewage River Avon, Dartmoor and South Hams, Devon
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Walking up to Dam and Reservoir on Dartmoor.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Walking up to Dam and Reservoir on Dartmoor.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Avon River and Dam/ Reservoir.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Close to the Source of the River Avon , Ryder's Hill.
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'It definitely isn't flat': Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries.
The Netherlands, so the guidebook notes, has been Òpopularised as a flat land full of cheese and clogsÓ.
Enthusiasts behind the Dutch Mountain Trail, a 63-mile (101km) hike across seven glorious peaks Ð two of which are made from the spoil of old mines Ð merely ask, only a little tongue in cheek, that the world stops being so narrow minded.
The Dutch Mountain Trail in south Limburg is being pushed as an alternative holiday experience to Amsterdam, coffee shops and the museums, The Netherlands.
Portrait of Esther Ruijtenbeek.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress
A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers.
The river Avon rises from a boggy wilderness. It rushes over granite slabs and waterfalls down rocks, pooling alongside small oaks amid the coconut tang of yellow gorse, before picking up pace once more.
Twenty-three miles downstream its brackish flow swooshes at pace into a steep-sided estuary where paddleboarders ride the tidal motion and surfers run into the swell of Bigbury Bay.
On its journey from the highest reaches of south Dartmoor in Devon, the River Avon plays host to egrets and herons, entertains anglers seeking brown trout and salmon, offers open water for swimmers and lays out its banks for paddling children and picnicking hikers.
Over the last few years the UK's rivers have been gripped by a deepening crisis, with a chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste and other pollution suffocating biodiversity and risking public health.
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement.
Aveton Gifford.
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