Country diary: This small bridge is becoming the site of so many stories | Derek Niemann
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/04/country-diary-this-small-bridge-is-becoming-the-site-of-so-many-stories
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Frome, Somerset: Dippers and fritillaries and pink campion … there is a deep satisfaction in accumulating associations with a regular haunt Enchantment surely fills the eyes of first-time visitors who come upon this little stone bridge over the stream. Do they marvel at the judgment of hands in building, wedding rock with rock, face against face? Do they arrive on a brighter morning than this, one on which sunbeams chase each other under the arch and cast sparkling reflections of water on the underside? Does their pulse quicken watching the brook breaking out of its tunnel and skittering over the pebbled bed, hastening through even in times of sluggish drought? Me? I see a bird that isn’t there. Continue reading...
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