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Search teams gathered from first light and are scouring the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick, all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
A water level indicator at the ford showed the river was still around one foot deep, but it would have been much higher at the weekend when Storm Darragh lashed the UK.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
A ford has existed in the same spot for hundreds of years - and cars, vans, lorries and tractors have been crossing it likely since the invention of the motor vehicle.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024
According to a council report, an average of 1,900 vehicles used to go down Rufford Lane every day before the ford closed.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024
They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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