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Up The River Deben - Robert Simper
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Up The River Deben
Author: Robert Simper
"Hurrah for digital photography! In the summer of 2003 I fell into the Deben. It was not all that difficult. It had been raining hard and as I climbed down from the Mary Amelia into the boat to go ashore all the rain water rushed to the stern and I lost my balance and fell out of the back of the boat.
The water was quite warm, but I was holding my camera bag, in fact I had been trying to keep it dry. I flung the bag back into the boat and my son hauled me out of the water. However the camera's electrics had all got wet and smoke poured out of the bag. This meant a new camera and a switch to digital. This was a new way to record the Deben and hopefully other people will also find some interest in my passion for this river. I feel I am recording a truly beautiful area, but one that is under great pressure from increasing human activity.
All the East Coast Rivers are fascinating, but each has its particular character that is easily recogiñsed. I have tried to define this special quality of just one estuary, the Deben, but it is difficult. Everyone has their own personal view of the river and I have pointed my camera at the subjects that interest me. However I know that my love of the Deben and its surrounding countryside and villages is a shared experience, so hopefully others will enjoy the views recorded here."
- Robert Simper was born in 1937 and is married with three children and five grandchildren. Robert Simper has sailed extensively on the East Coast. Amongst his other activities, he writes regularly for Classic Boat and Sea Breezes and has written a regular column in the latter for thirty-two years. He has lived in Suffolk all his life and shows no sign of leaving. He is one of Britain's best known writers on traditional working craft. He has written a series of books covering the histories of the East Coast estuaries. Reviewers have described him as 'a master of the photo-history book' and deemed 'the English Estuaries Series to be classic of their kind'
Author: Robert Simper
"Hurrah for digital photography! In the summer of 2003 I fell into the Deben. It was not all that difficult. It had been raining hard and as I climbed down from the Mary Amelia into the boat to go ashore all the rain water rushed to the stern and I lost my balance and fell out of the back of the boat.
The water was quite warm, but I was holding my camera bag, in fact I had been trying to keep it dry. I flung the bag back into the boat and my son hauled me out of the water. However the camera's electrics had all got wet and smoke poured out of the bag. This meant a new camera and a switch to digital. This was a new way to record the Deben and hopefully other people will also find some interest in my passion for this river. I feel I am recording a truly beautiful area, but one that is under great pressure from increasing human activity.
All the East Coast Rivers are fascinating, but each has its particular character that is easily recogiñsed. I have tried to define this special quality of just one estuary, the Deben, but it is difficult. Everyone has their own personal view of the river and I have pointed my camera at the subjects that interest me. However I know that my love of the Deben and its surrounding countryside and villages is a shared experience, so hopefully others will enjoy the views recorded here."
- Robert Simper was born in 1937 and is married with three children and five grandchildren. Robert Simper has sailed extensively on the East Coast. Amongst his other activities, he writes regularly for Classic Boat and Sea Breezes and has written a regular column in the latter for thirty-two years. He has lived in Suffolk all his life and shows no sign of leaving. He is one of Britain's best known writers on traditional working craft. He has written a series of books covering the histories of the East Coast estuaries. Reviewers have described him as 'a master of the photo-history book' and deemed 'the English Estuaries Series to be classic of their kind'