It’s a common sight in many countries but in Britain it’s rare to see ice on a tidal river so close to the sea. It’s thirty years since the River Tweed last froze like this, according to one local leaning on Berwick Bridge to watch the ice flows jostling through the narrow arches.
The ice had formed further upstream and was breaking up as it floated towards the sea. The sound of ice creaking and breaking as it crashed into the bridge piers reminded me of descriptions of the arrival of spring in colder climates. Here winter’s just settling in but the ice is unlikely to stay long.
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Beyond the Window Box 
December 12, 2017 at 11:40 am
A job our Rob fancied was laying explosives deep in the thick river Ice of the River Ottawa in Canada to blow the ice up into smallish pieces so that they can get through the bridge arches and not get jammed in them causing floods.
I’m guessing your comments about spring in colder climates are Stravinsky’s a propos Th Rite of Spring.
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December 12, 2017 at 12:13 pm
I can’t say Stravinsky had occurred to me. I was more thinking Thoreau!
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December 12, 2017 at 7:42 pm
Once on a field trip to Holy Island when I was a student at Newcastle University the sea froze out to about 50m. Incredibly cold but very beautiful. We stepped on to it (not advisable) and it was very thick and plastic, bending underfoot, but not cracking. A different kind of ice.
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December 12, 2017 at 9:35 pm
I guess that may be the winter the Tweed froze, remembered by the man on the bridge. Walking on flexible sea ice sounds a strange experience.
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December 13, 2017 at 12:09 am
Strange and unique.
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