Wow, lovely description. I visited Rishikesh last year and felt the same for the Ganges. I stepped in next to families bathing and having fun. The river was freezing cold and the energy flows from your feet up to the top of your head. It was Incredible. It was quite clean that far up. Every evening we attended the Ganga aarti and it natural to pay homage to this amazing river :) I would also agree yes, plenty of plastic bags, but that it is a modern sign of the times we must do something about. I saw many throwing all manner of things into the river, as if the plastic bag itself was an offering.
I've done some flood work for the Somerset rivers/levels. I think many are man-made and manged, drained etc. It is incredibly complex. I'd like to visit sometime for a stomp around and fly the drone:)
On the River Trent, that is because it was my 'local' massive river, soa little part of my identity. From where I lived on a large escarpment in Lincolnshire, on a clear day you could see for a hundred miles into the Trent valley and the power stations that lined it. They are closed now, which is good as they were coal powered. My nan also told me a story from the war when a cargo ship was bombed upstream on the river and then for days they had waterborne deliveries of oranges:) amazing when the had nothing but eggs, bread and potatoes! Other peoples stories stick in your head somewhat.
I just published a post (a bit of a rehash from one from Steem last year, which I swear only one person read) about fossil rivers, you might like it if you didn't see it the last time!
I'd love to read it . Have you got the link?
Oh, I swam in Ma Ganga at Rishi! Sooo cold and so holy. Down where the rapids are past Laxman Jhula.
Landscapes are very much our identities.. the coast at home is mine. English rivers have such history, your personal one no less.
Yeah here Fossil Rivers. Rivers are full of history, and our waste/offerings which counts. Oh I know those rapids, I waded in there. The ones that are overlooked by the old Ashram of Maharishi? That was a great place to look around!
This is making me miss India!
