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Misty Valley

My Walk this Week – Misty and Bright

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My walk this week is a long awaited bright one, albeit misty at the start. It was cold and bit frosty but the sun was rising and as my elevation increased with a climb up a local hill, I was able to look down on the fog laying the valley below.

Hazy woods

It was a beautiful morning only marred by the level of fly tipping on the slopes beside the Dulais River 😡 What is wrong with the people that do this? Apart from the damage it does to the environment, wildlife and oceans, are they also blind?Continue reading→

Cascade

Swiss Valley Water – Reviewing the Walk

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My walk this week up to Swiss Valley Reservoir was a very wet one, but also a very enjoyable one despite the amount of water (except for the fact that my umbrella kept collapsing on me!).

Please note:  I need to let you know  that my weekly posts are going to change slightly – from here on there will be no post on Saturday. I am cutting My Weekly Walk posts to Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the soundscape for the walks being posted on the Friday. Further cuts may be necessary in the future.

Swiss Valley Reservoir

I took the walk later in the day than expected and in combination with the wet weather, this meant it was another walk that started out dark and became darker and darker as I followed the riverside footpath up the ravine.  By the time I reached the reservoir (not very far) the scene was as you see it in the image above.Continue reading→

overhanging

Tree Ghoul in the Gloom

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The darkness of my walk this week in the rain provided me with a creepy atmosphere from time to time. This tree was one of those  presenting itself as a ghoul in the gloom of the woodland as I climbed the footpath to Swiss Valley Reservoir.

Tree Ghoul in the Gloom

Even the more open areas of the valley floor were gloomy and what light there was created and aged effect on the subtly coloured branches of an orchard.Continue reading→

river rapids

My Walk this Week – Rushing Through Swiss Valley

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My walk this week, my first for 2018, shows the madly rushing water of the Afon Lliedi as it flows down from Swiss Valley Reservoir on a very wet and gloomy afternoon.

Swiss Valley

The rain was falling but you can only allow bad weather to stop you going out for so long before it becomes a necessity for both body and mind to free itself from the confines of buildings.Continue reading→

December - Winter Sunrise

Reviewing the Year – 2017

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At the end of this first week of 2018 I have selected one image from each month of 2017 plus the featured image on the StillWalks blog page.

I thoroughly enjoyed all my walks in 2017 and look forward to posting about more walks in the coming year. However, I may need to cut down on the number of posts. As much as I enjoy doing the photography, field recording and writing, there will be a distinct pressure on my time in 2018 and cutting to one post per week may be one of the solutions to this problem. I will do my best and we shall see how it goes – either way, unlike this week, future posts will include soundscapes as well as images.

I would like to thank everyone for following the StillWalks blog in 2017 and I look forward to reading all your posts in the coming year. I hope it will be a very productive one for all of us. Happy New Year!

January – Botanic Garden of Wales
February – Rainy Day Cardiff
March – Cwm Dulais Dew
April – Llyn Llech Owain woodland
May – Pagham Walk 2
June – Marshes 2
July – Dog, Scottish Beach
August – Wild Ponies, Wales
September – Welsh Cliff Path
October – Llanrhidian Marshes
November – Stratford Park, Stroud
December – Urban Dawn Walk
September - Bishopston Valley

July To September – Reviewing the Third Quarter

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For this first week of 2018 I have picked out some of my preferred shots taken on the many walks I enjoyed last year. Today I am looking at a few of my favoured photos from July to September 2017 and if you want to see more of them, just select the posts from the monthly archive on the blog page.

July – Scottish Sky
July – Dog, Scottish Beach
August – Wild Ponies, Wales
August – Welsh Sheep
September – Bishopston Valley
September – Welsh Cliff Path
April - Woodland

April To May – Reviewing the Second Quarter

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For this first week of 2018 I have picked out some of my preferred shots taken on the many walks I enjoyed last year. Today I am looking at a few of my favoured photos from April to June 2017 and if you want to see more of them, just select the posts from the monthly archive on the blog page.

April – Sunset Aberystwyth
April – Llyn Llech Owain woodland
May – Pagham Walk
May – Pagham Walk 2
June – Marshes 1
June – Marshes 2
March - Cwm Dulais Dew

January to March – Reviewing the First Quarter

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Happy New Year! For this first week of 2018 I have picked out some of my preferred shots taken on the many walks I enjoyed last year. Today I am looking at a few of my favoured photos from January to March 2017 and if you want to see more of them, just select the posts from the monthly archive on the blog page.

January – Botanic Garden of Wales
February – Rainy Day Cardiff
February – The Waterside fence
March – Cwm Dulais Dew
March – Cwm Dulais perspective