The River Teme, the course of only 80 miles, flows through Powys, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcester on its way from Bryn Goch, the Red Hill, to the River Severn.
I have been to Downton Gorge twice, once in the 90's with my husband. We drove to a bridge over the Teme and then walked across a field below the Castle, followed by sheep and then walked along the Gorge as far as the "tunnels" taking photos and enjoying the river as it ran through the rocks. We saw Otter scat on a rock, and dippers, etc. We sort of ignored the signs
The second time was with The Border Poets as part of our Along the Teme project 2007, when we had a guided tour.
I've been thinking much today about this, comparing this NNR just hanging on in a private shooting estate and industrial farm with the wonderful rewilding going on at Mar Lodge, also a NNR, which of course is owned not by an individual but by the National Trust for Scotland, which is as near as we get to saving anywhere from private exploitation and entrusting it to the nation.
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I have been to Downton Gorge twice, once in the 90's with my husband. We drove to a bridge over the Teme and then walked across a field below the Castle, followed by sheep and then walked along the Gorge as far as the "tunnels" taking photos and enjoying the river as it ran through the rocks. We saw Otter scat on a rock, and dippers, etc. We sort of ignored the signs
The second time was with The Border Poets as part of our Along the Teme project 2007, when we had a guided tour.
What a shame it's not accessible.
I've been thinking much today about this, comparing this NNR just hanging on in a private shooting estate and industrial farm with the wonderful rewilding going on at Mar Lodge, also a NNR, which of course is owned not by an individual but by the National Trust for Scotland, which is as near as we get to saving anywhere from private exploitation and entrusting it to the nation.