In Time of Flood

In Time of Flood is a journey in words and photographs down the river Parrett from source to mouth and covers such diverse topics as elvers, eel smoking, nuclear power stations, withies, cider brandy distilling and explosive factories, as well as the history of the river from Celtic times up to the present day. It formed the basis of a half hour BBC Radio 4 feature called Flat, Wet and Wild…. 

"It has a voice and poetry quite of its own… a truly wonderful haunting memorable piece of work" 
 Charles Causley  

"It's a beautiful book"
 Georgina Hammick  

Photography George Wright - ISBN 1-899983-25-2 - Parrett Trail Partnership 1996
click to view poetry extracts