Old Cress Bed at Ginge
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Old Cress Bed at Ginge
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 6 Apr 2011
The Ginge Brook starts about 20 metres behind me in this shot, welling out of springs and small fissures in a chalky hollow. You can see that it's already quite a healthy stream, and the bed has been graded into cress beds. Just to the left is a derelict shed that I am guessing was used as a store when the cress was being harvested. Cress is still growing here, as it does in many similar locations, but I'm never sure whether it's wise to eat it with all the scary stories you hear about liver flukes and stuff.
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Latitude
51.577233
Longitude
-1.358943