Category: Nature

Daily Forest Walk Picture 3

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Continuing to spread some light and pleasure to those confined by the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the third post. Regular visitors will see the accompanying picture is of the same location as yesterday. Below is a sort of explanation of why. Fair Weather or Foul Skies were grey …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 2

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Continuing to spread a bit of light and pleasure to those confined during the current crisis. See post 1, here, for an explanation. This is the second post. It’ll help others enjoy this bit of nature if readers here would spread the word with the ‘share’ buttons below. Let’s all do what we can for …

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Daily Forest Walk Picture 1

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For the last few days, I’ve posted, on Twitter, a single shot taken on my daily exercise walk in the Forest of Dean with my wife. My intention is to spread a little light and joy into the lives of all who are confined to their homes or other buildings because of the Covid19 crisis. …

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A Mother’s Day Walk.

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Long, early morning shadows and a blue sky. With much of the world’s population confined to their homes, or at least only able to be outside if isolated from other people, my wife and I decided to take one of our regular walks in the forest to celebrate the day. Our daughter is currently living …

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I Dream of a Day When #poetry

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The first of a series of 'creative' posts I promised a while ago for Wednesdays. I Dream of a Day When I dream of a day whenRacists learn they’re related to those they hatePolluters are forced to live in the poison they spreadCheats are made to pay for their crimesWomen are heard, respected, and valued …

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5 Questions About the #Climate.

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, opinion, politics, question7 Comments

We live in a beautiful world. Yes, I know. You’ve heard it all before. Or, you haven’t and don’t care. Or, the whole idea terrifies you and you’d rather not know. But this isn’t a piece to frighten, bamboozle or preach. Looking at the news; hearing, watching, and reading items about what has now popularly …

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Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

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The 1st of the month is when I remind everyone that the creative writing contest table has been updated. You access it through the ‘Resources’ page, here. Many contests are free to enter and offer great cash prizes. Some seek unpublished or beginner writers. The table currently offers contests with entry dates from December 2019 …

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A Walk in the Autumn Forest

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We have the good fortune to live in the Forest of Dean, a beautiful part of England, so I thought I’d share this autumn with those who can’t access such natural beauty. The poem was inspired by this morning’s walk, the photographs I took over the last three days and are all within a mile …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Last Day. A Final Walk Along the Coast Path.

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From the coast path looking along the Gower coast. Here’s the final post about our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales. You’ll find day 1 here, day 2 here, day 3 here, day 4 here, day 5 here, and day 6 here. The weather forecast promised an improving day, starting with …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 6. Crossing the Fields to the Coast.

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The beautiful Gower coast. Here’s the post about day 6 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You’ll find day 1 here, day 2 here, day 3 here, day 4 here, and day 5 here. The weather forecast was for heavy rain likely to cause local flooding on the roads around us. …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 5. A Stroll Along the Beach.

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The Worms Head from the beach. Here’s the promised post about day 5 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You’ll find day 1 here, day 2 here, day 3 here, and day 4 here. On our fifth day in Wales, we woke to what looked like a day of variable weather. …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 4. A Clifftop Walk to Mewslade Bay.

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Walking toward Mewslade Bay. Day 4 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Day 1 is here, day 2, here, and day 3, here. Our walk along the Rhossili Beacon had been pretty challenging, so we thought we’d stick to more level ground for the day following our wedding anniversary. The Ordnance …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 3. The Challenge Of Rhossili Beacon.

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The approach to the hill. On our third day at Rhossili (click here for day 1, here for day 2) we celebrated our wedding anniversary (31 years), so, naturally, we decided to climb Rhossili Beacon, where a force 8 gale was blowing! I took only 273 pictures this time, so selection was a little easier. …

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A Week on the #Gower Peninsula. Day 2. A Walk to the Worm’s Head.

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Worm's Head from the approach path. On our second day at Rhossili (click here for the post for day 1) we decided to tackle the Worm’s Head. A small rainbow, our waking view of the bay. We woke to a rainbow over the bay: good sign, or bad? Well by the end of the day …

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A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 1.

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Rhossili Bay under rain clouds. Being a couple of old romantics, Valerie and I like to celebrate our wedding anniversary as part of a holiday. This year, we decided to celebrate 31 years of happy marriage on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, as it’s not too far and we hadn’t been before. Location map here. …

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