- River Till
The River Till in
Northumberland is the only Englishtributary of theRiver Tweed . Its upper stretches are called the River Breamish which rises onComb Fell . Its tributaries includeWooler Water , which originates in theCheviot Hills , and the River Glen in Glendale. Recent environmental projects have included an attempt to conserve the nativebrown trout .It meets the Tweed near
Berwick-upon-Tweed and theTwizel Viaduct . According to localfolklore ::Tweed said to Till:"What gars ye rin sae stil?":Says Till to Tweed,:"Though ye rin wi' speed:And I rin slaw:Whar ye droon yin man:I droon twa"
External links
* [http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/EtalWalk.html A walk along the River Till bank from Etal to Tiptoe]
* [http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/html/news/wessex_water_28_04_04.htm Brown trout conservation project]
* [http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/AlnwickandWooler.htm#River%20Till Local history]
* [http://www.freefoto.com/preview.jsp?id=24-09-14&k=Heatherslaw+Light+Railway+beside+the+River+Till%2C+Northumberland A photograph of the river]
* Map sources for: gbmappingsmall|NT908178 - source of the Breamish and gbmappingsmall|NT870430 - confluence with the Tweed
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