Today’s Picture: 22 Aug 20

On 22/08/2020 By stuartakenIn Nature, Photography

The River Wye runs at the foot of the village. The Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

If you’re visiting here, please be generous to those who can’t escape their own four walls at present, and share this widely on social media, so they can enjoy it. Thank you.

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Lynette d'Arty-Cross

Such a beautiful photo, Stuart.

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22/08/2020 at 21:25 Reply
1. stuartaken
  
  Thanks, Lynette. People swim in the river here (I wouldn’t), and lots of canoeists paddle by on their routes further downriver. This shot was taken from a small public area used as a tiny car park and a picnic area with tables and benches. Sometimes it’s quite busy, but much of the time we can be entirely alone here.
  
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  24/08/2020 at 08:08 Reply
  1. Lynette d'Arty-Cross
    
    Is it too cold for swimming? Or do you not trust the water quality? It certainly looks like an ideal canoeing river.
    
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    25/08/2020 at 04:08 Reply
    1. stuartaken
      
      Too cold for me. Lot’s of people do swim though, Lynette. The currents can be a little unpredictable, too. You see the little gravel island to the left, with the swimmer wrapped in a blue towel? That island completely disappears in winter, as the river often floods. It carries rainwater down from the Welsh mountains down to the Severn estuary. We lie on the land between the two rivers and our small brook feed into the River Wye close to where this shot was taken.
      
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      25/08/2020 at 08:25 Reply
      1. Lynette d'Arty-Cross
        
        That would be lovely!
        
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        26/08/2020 at 05:08 Reply