Melissa Mouchemore

• Many Rivers to Cross: The Kerrera Ferry

  Melissa Mouchemore's latest ferry crossing takes her to the Inner Hebrides. Don’t expect to find the Kerrera ferry mustering with...

  12th December 2021

• Many Rivers to Cross: The Reedham Ferry

  In pursuit of wherries and like the photographer Peter Henry Emerson before her, Melissa Mouchemore crosses the River Yare. The...

  14th July 2021

• Many Rivers to Cross: A Surrey Ferry

  Guided by H.G. Wells, Melissa Mouchemore crosses the Thames...or maybe the Wey. Every now and then people would glance nervously...

  24th March 2021

• Shadows and Reflections: Melissa Mouchemore

  It’s time for the annual end-of-year musings known as Shadows and Reflections. Since so many of our lives were lived...

  24th December 2020

• Many Rivers to Cross: Ferry Cross the Mersey

  Melissa Mouchemore makes her latest crossing in the company of Gerry and the Pacemakers. …We saw a landing-stage, actually floating,...

  14th November 2020

• Many Rivers to Cross: The Butley Ferry, Part II

  Melissa Mouchemore heads back to Suffolk to make further crossings on the Butley Ferry. Crossing 2: May 2015 While I...

  6th September 2020

• Many Rivers to Cross: The Butley Ferry, Part I

  Melissa Mouchemore makes the first of three crossings in a small and mysterious Suffolk ferry. This ferry – did I...

  22nd August 2020

• Many Rivers To Cross: The Scillonian III

  Melissa Mouchemore crosses from Penzance to the Scilly Isles by ferry - and shares the dramatic series of events which led...

  16th May 2020

• Many Rivers To Cross: The Isle of Wight Ferry

  Melissa Mouchemore makes the crossing from Southampton to East Cowes. What’s brown, steams and comes out of cows backwards? The...

  16th March 2018

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