What has Barnaby Bear learned?

Barnaby Bear has really enjoyed his journey along the River Fowey. He arrives home tired and hungry, and starts to prepare his tea.
Barnaby Bear with his fresh fish and organic local vegetables
As he cooks he thinks about the long journey of the River Fowey. He has found out that it is 44 km long - it travels 44 km over Bodmin Moor, through towns and over moorland before reaching the sea.

The source of the Fowey He has seen it start as a tiny rivulet high up on Bodmin Moor;
followed it down river valleys... Fowey River in the Draynes Valley
Fowey in Golitha Woods ...and through woods;
watched it flowing through a shopping centre; The Fowey at Trago
image of lostwithiel and make it's way through a town...
...and a village... The Fowey in Golant
The mouth of the Fowey ...before it finally flows into the sea.

Barnaby Bear has also seen how people rely on the river for a living...

Fowey Fish Shop A boat engineer's shop

...how some rely on the river to live...

A horse drinking from the early/upper river

...and how some people look after the river.

Sign: sanctuary area - no fishing allowed Fence restricting access for animals

Click here to see how much of the river's journey you can remember!

Click here to play Barnaby Bear's River Snap, and see how much you know about rivers.

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