ford
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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
They have been scouring the area around Abberwick ford where a minor road crosses the River Aln near the village of Bolton in North Northumberland.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024
A third man, in his 80s, died after driving into a ford in Colne, Lancashire.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024
He says it now needs doing again in order to prevent the ford flooding as often as it does.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024
A sandy road led down to the ford and beyond into the woods.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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