The Fresh and the Salt: The Story of the Solway

"Beautiful, intensely visual prose, born from deep intimacy with subtle borderlands: land and sea, England and Scotland, people and environments." -David Gange, author of The Frayed Atlantic Edge

Firths and estuaries are liminal places, where land meets sea and tides meet freshwater. Their unique ecosystems support a huge range of marine and other wildlife: human activity too is profoundly influenced by their waters and shores.

The Solway Firth-the crooked finger of water that both unites ...