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My Walk this Week 223 – An Early Start

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My walk this week returns to Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Peninsula and a production walk for VR video – this is just a snippet of the sights and sounds we recorded.

early morning light

Some of the images below are my own while a number of them were taken by my Co-Director at StillWalks®, Paul Allen.

NB I may not post for a couple of weeks after this as I will be away . . . but you never know!

Three Cliffs Early Soundscape

early morning light
early morning light
footpath
footpath
Montbretia / Crocosmia
Montbretia / Crocosmia
Three Cliffs
Three Cliffs
Three Cliffs footpath
Three Cliffs footpath
stepping stones
stepping stones
Three Cliffs beach
Three Cliffs beach
beach riverbank
beach riverbank
Three Cliffs-
Three Cliffs-
Three Cliffs cave
Three Cliffs cave
a little surf
a little surf
rocks and barnacles
rocks and barnacles
footsteps
footsteps
horse on beach
horse on beach
life guards
life guards
seaweed
seaweed
track patterns
track patterns
lonely bucket
lonely bucket
Three Cliffs Bay
Three Cliffs Bay
return path
return path
Colourful landscape

My Walk this Week 137 – Quiet Quarry Walk

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My walk this week takes place at first light in an old, quiet quarry and its surrounding landscape. The rocks were black with the wet weather and to begin with the atmosphere felt quite oppressive. However, things lightened and brightened as I ascended to the upper edge of the quarry and into a very mossy woodland.[spacer height=”10px”]
black quarry rock

The soundscape down in the dark confines of the quarry was still and my footsteps echoed in the amphitheatre of hewn rock, the small birds chirped and the crows cawed. Once I arrived at the top edge of the steep, dark slabs and could look over the Welsh landscape,Continue reading→

Corridor To The Caves

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This apparently coffin shaped corridor is hewn from the rock on top of which Carreg Cennen Castle stands on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. It leads down to a cave that must have provided either a fantastic fridge or an excellent dungeon  for the occupants of the past.

And today one of my photos of the castle has been posted as part of the Monochrome Madness series by Leanne Cole Photography 🙂

Carreg Cennen Castle

Rusty gate

Carreg Cennen Cave