This episode of River Journey begins at Seven Springs, the source of the Frome, and finishes on the outskirts of Chipping Sodbury. Christina walks with Pommy Harmar, who has created a soundscape of the river; Pauline Wilson from Sodbury Woodland and Nature, a group planting trees on land near a new aqueduct; Liz Kinsey, coordinator of the River Frome Reconnected Project ; and David Hardill from Yate Heritage Centre who talks about medieval burgage plots and ancient mills.

Pommy Harmar podcasts - Naturally Bristol
Sodbury Woodland and Nature
River Frome Reconnected
Yate Heritage Centre yateheritage.co.uk/
Frome Valley walkway

This stretch of river journey is from Yate to Algars Manor, near Iron Acton.
Along the way, Christina meets up with people who are passionate about the river: Peter Coombes, who is committed to leaving the Frome in a better state for future generations, Peter volunteers with Storm Water Shepherds and Bristol Avon River Trust (BART); Lucy Newton finds great solace and inspiration from spending time near the river; Jody Armitage is a Fisheries Officer at the Environment Agency, her work involves increasing fish stocks in the upper reaches of the river; and Sonya Grub shares stories of her childhood spent around the river which winds its way through her childhood garden at Algars Manor.

Storm Water Shepherds
Bristol Avon River Trust
National Gardens Scheme - Algars Manor

On the Frome Valley walkway between Cog Mill and Moorend, Christina meets artist Holly Dunham who talks about how the river inspired her to make important changes in her life; Jean Ray, one of nine children who grew up next to the river in Frampton Cotterell; Tony Harding and Peter Bruce, local experts on the hat making industry which was centred around the Frome for over three hundred years; and Duncan Porter who is part of the very active Frome Valley Environmental Group


Holly Dunham
Hatters Trail booklet