Thursday, December 31, 2009

Website of the Year - CaughtByTheRiver.net

My website of the year for 2009 is Caught By The River, http://caughtbytheriver.net/.
In September I visited the excellent  Toppings Bookshop in Ely and bought the book "Caught by the River", subtitled "A Collection Of Words On Water".  Over the next few days I read its wonderful essays on British rivers from cover to cover and I discovered that the book was the offshoot of the Caught by the River website.
The website began about three years ago as a way of documenting lazy days out, especially fishing trips. But soon it grew into a place where people could eulogise about the various things that make the working week bearable, such as books, music, art, nature, angling, drinking and even cake baking.

Its content is varied and fascinating and I love the logo and clear, calm layout of the site, which fits its content perfectly.
Enjoy!