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Tag Archives: Peniarth Uchaf
Deviations, Boundaries, Prohibitions, (revised)
In the end I went back a long way, realising how much my walks and walking have been influenced by prohibitions. My mother used to tell the story of how when I was three, I took my little sister Judy … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries and prohibitions, Gasterntal, Giant's Causeway, greece, Peniarth Uchaf
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in the Peloponnese 3, Vaidenitsa
Torridon Since last summer I’ve trampled bracken in a couple of new places, in Torridon and in the Peloponnese. By the shore of Loch Torridon Aran, a crofter (and our landlord) has burnt off the heather scrub and some … Continue reading
Posted in Eden etc, in Greece, mountains, flowers, landscapes, walks
Tagged Garden of Eden, greece, Peniarth Uchaf, Vaidenitsa
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I was reluctant to write a conclusion, because of its banality, and because I’m embarrassed that I didn’t read the landscape more clearly at first. The combination of order and confusion, of care and neglect, gives a special feeling to … Continue reading
Peniarth-uchaf
Yesterday I woke up writing. that’s the cover of the book. and this could be the last page: There are two years, could maybe be twenty, between these photographs, which were taken on a dilapidated estate called Peniarth-uchaf in the … Continue reading