I’d been waiting for the intense heat of summer to finish before making this next walk. So, on the first cool evening of September, I set off from the house for an early evening adventure with all the anticipation of a new discovery. Taking the steep track up past the farm at Moeliwrch I hit… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – Llangadwaladr church and Ysqwennant Bronze Age tumulus – September 2026
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Tales from the Marches – Bwlch-y-Llan hillfort and Derwlwyn Coppice – May 2026
Finally, it was time for a walk in Llanfyllin, as up to recently it has only been a place I’ve driven through on the way to elsewhere. Yet every time on the approach up from Llandegwyn over Bwlchyddar I felt the urge to walk there, especially because I’d seen on the map that there was… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – Bwlch-y-Llan hillfort and Derwlwyn Coppice – May 2026
The Beckoning – January 2026
I didn’t mean to walk so far, to take the high path through the kissing gate and trog like a woman possessed, up the hill. But the snow beckoned me, and the sun cajoled me, and soon I was committed. Following fresh rabbit tracks, startling wild eyed sheep, and wading through drifts up to my… Continue reading The Beckoning – January 2026
Tales from the Marches – December 2025
Escaping the rain and leaky roof to the Old Racecourse I have moved. Left the comfort and familiarity of Wenlock Edge for another liminal place poised on the edge of two counties and countries. I’ve dared to cross the fabled border guarded by Offa’s Dyke, castles, hillforts and some ancient standing stones thrown in for… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – December 2025
‘Finding Beauty – A year of Nature Outside Your Door’ is out! December 2023
Well they are here and I did say in my blog last week that I’d be jumping with joy and I am. The books have arrived back from the printers just in the nick of time for Christmas, but like my dog are for any and all times of the year! ‘Finding Beauty – A… Continue reading ‘Finding Beauty – A year of Nature Outside Your Door’ is out! December 2023
Finding Beauty – nearly there! – November 2023
This was just going to be a blog about my soon to be released new book ‘Finding Beauty – A Year of Nature Outside Your Door.’ I was going to be showing you pictures of the boxes of books, photos from inside it, telling you where you could buy it, it was all going to… Continue reading Finding Beauty – nearly there! – November 2023
