environment
-
Members of the River Torridge Heritage Group took part in the March for Torridge last Saturday, drawing attention to pollution from various sources in the river Torridge and what we can do about it. The river is, of course, fundamental to our maritime heritage and a vital part of what we want to protect and…
-
What can be done about the quality of our river water? We have written before about how important clean water is to us here in Torridge, not just to safeguard the health of rowers, paddleboarders and others – human and animal – who use the river, but because the Torridge underpins our identity and our…
-
In Bideford, we are conscious every day of the movement of the tide. Here on the edge of the Bristol Channel, the river Torridge enjoys one of the largest tidal ranges in the world. Tidal range is the difference in height between low and high tide. The only place with a larger tidal range is…
