"Everyone needs a river in their life"

The Blackwood River by Jackson Eaton

I wrote a song whilst in Cape Town called 'Dear River' which is about a yearning to see the world, for the path between two points to become home. The first verse goes...

Dear river, won't you take me out of here

Tell your friend the sea, that I'll be waiting at the pier

Then throw me out to those rolling waves

They're gonna take me the rest of the way

So my river is the Blackwood River in the South West of Western Australia that runs through the bottom of the valley in which I grew up. In the song I ask the river to take me away from all familiar and show me the world. I put a post on facebook asking people what "their" river is and here's what came back...

Everyone needs a river in their life. Yours would be the Blackwood and the Thames. Mine would be the Swan- Kelly Morgan

The river Sowe ... not a pretty name ... not a pretty river but there you go- Gary Harpin

The River Soar - once saved me from an aggressive herd of cows- Al Jordan

The clyde. Definitely the clyde- Dave Hughes

The Charles in Boston Massachusetts. Watching the 4th of July hatch shell concert and fireworks from the river. Has played a big part in my family for generations- Maryanne Driscoll

My river is a lake, right behind my house. But I also work next to the River Thames and I cycle along the towpath every day. Love being near water- Mike Andrews

For my sins, The Kern River in the San Joaquin Valley. Merle Haggard's Kern River is the best country song. Thank you for asking- Jamie Jacks

Without trying to sound too corny,mines the river of life, sometimes it flows quickly sometimes slowly,i enjoy its meandering way,i started at the source and will continue along it as far as i can go-Rob Hall

Cinderford Brook!- Chris Hedges

The filthy, scummy River Clyde- Duncan McLean

Old father Thames for me- Charlie Telfer

Lucky enough to be able to say my husband is my river, he is what I cross everyday, several times in fact, as I travel from sanity to insanity, back, and all ports in between. Cool that he comes with a really interesting swing bridge- Kimberly Windom

my river... is ellero...(see here)- Marcella Muccofila Capellino

The river Swift ....... at Hurstbourne Tarrant in the Bourne Valley............. not strictly a river but a rivulet ......... does not flow every year and only between May and July .......... sadly did not flow this year :o(........... but will always be my special rivulet ........ its memory frequently sparkles and trickles around my head- Neil Robbins

Yr Afon Dyfi - In some ways it's been my home for the last 12 years, from designing fishing boats at its mouth to seeing the peaty streams that feed it on walks. Home to a million stories, from the Mabinogi to Cantre Gwaelod, sailing boats trading slate to Buenos Aires, bringing guano home from Peru, fire stations for the Thames to prawn boats for Guyana. A beautiful river, short, but perfect- Deri Jones

Being a boy...the the river Piddle still makes me giggle - Shaun Worrall

It has to be the one that Nick Drake sang about- Dave Walden

The Ea Beck... place of many childhood memories- Aaron Greenwood