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swamp pond surface

My Walk this Week 208 – Compare and Contrast

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My walk this week is green and luscious and through something of a swamp! It is one I have only done once before and that was during an icy winter, so I wanted to compare and contrast the two seasons.

green walk

I don’t think I need to say much about the differences as they can be seen in the galleries below, but one of the most interesting to me is the is the water surface in the swamp/pond. In winter it was covered in thick, dark, opaque ice with a dusting of snow while on this more recent walk it is covered in thousands of catkins and algae.

The soundscapes are different as well, and again, I don’t think I need say much. The strange “groaning” sound in the Spring soundscape may be a distant goods train as there is a railway track nearby, but I cannot be certain.

Gorseinon Walk Soundscape and Images

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Afon Llan
Afon Llan
green walk
green walk
greenery
greenery
rhododendrons
rhododendrons
wildflowers
wildflowers
last of the bluebells
last of the bluebells
wildflowers 2
wildflowers 2
hawthorn
hawthorn
urban woodland footpath
urban woodland footpath
swamp pond surface
swamp pond surface
catkins on surface
catkins on surface
water droplets
water droplets
swamp surface
swamp surface
cat
cat
lush green
lush green
gate
gate
woodland stream
woodland stream
wildflowers 3
wildflowers 3
woodland exit
woodland exit
gate perspective
gate perspective
gate surface rust
gate surface rust
Afon Llan 2
Afon Llan 2

Winter Walk Soundscape and Images

Afon Llan
Afon Llan
Afon Dulais ice
Afon Dulais ice
solid ice
solid ice
frozen
frozen
frozen woodland bog
frozen woodland bog
Frozen surface
Frozen surface
urban footpath
urban footpath

My Walk this Week – Parched Paths

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My walk this week shows the changes that have taken place in this location since six weeks ago – the ground is now parched where it had been lush and green. The character of the landscape has changed and presents a greater sense of the mediterranean than Wales.

parched path

In Wales we say it either was, is, or is going to rain, and it is true that we get what some would say was more than our fair share of it. However, it is also true that we get dry spells (from time to time), but not usually with the heat that we have been experiencing all over Britain for a few weeks now.Continue reading→

Honeysuckle

Colour To Be Found and Hidden Reflections

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It may be a wet late Autumn on my walk this week through this Dorset garden but there is still colour (other than greens) to be found as well as some hidden reflections. Red, purple, yellow, white – all natural colours compared to the bright plastics in my previous post.

hidden reflections

I love all the shades and tints of green as well, whether blurred in reflection or crisply in focus, the range is phenomenal. I have heard that we are more attuned, more perceptive of greens than any other colour – whether or not this is true, it is easy to believe.Continue reading→

bracken detail

The Density of Bracken

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The density of the bracken on the steep hillside down which I was climbing cautiously, is common on the open commons of the Welsh landscape. While bright green in the Spring and Summer, it changes the hills to bright red in the Autumn when the light is right.

Beneath the bracken

We are having August weather this year as if we were already in Autumn and the bracken is now beginning to change colour. However, it was still bright and thick on this walk back at the end of June. My poor knees were aching from the steep descent (I much prefer climbing) and I had to sit down to give them a break half way down the slope. Continue reading→

Forest steps

In the Pink and Green

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Summer walks in the woods reveal the pink flowers and the green grass in sunlight.

Forest Foxgloves

While there is plenty of shade under the trees – indeed the forest is often darker than usual because of the density to foliage – there are also pockets or glades of sunlight picking out the Continue reading→

Shiny Green

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I am not a motorcyclist but there is something about the aesthetics of motorbikes that has appeal – or perhaps it is the romantic notion of “riding into the sun”. The bright green of this Kawasaki does not have the same appeal as the shiny red of the Ducati in yesterday’s post but it is still, somehow, a fitting colour for the machine.

Kawasaki

Kawasaki break disc