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Tag Archives: waterfalls
Going to extremes
It has been good to look back on my time in Greece during the summer, trekking in the mountains, swimming in the Aegean, warm sunshine …….. but life can’t be lived in the past. It’s time to refocus. I like … Continue reading
Brecon Beacons: waterfalls and pleasures revisited.
For over two weeks now I’ve been non-stop busy in the garden. The physically most demanding job has been cutting hedges because some of them are 15-20 feet high. That means erecting, dismantling (English is sometimes very strange, why not … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Wales
Tagged adventure, aqua tramping, brecon beacons, brecon beacons national park, courgettes, fasolakia, french beans, gardening, Glossop, greek dishes, Hayfield, Hepste, litigation, Mellte, Nedd Fechan, Peak District, Pontypool Folly Tower, potatoes, Sgwd Isaf Clun-Gwyn, Sgwd Pannwr, Sgwd yr Eira, trig point, waterfall country, waterfalls
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Rambling through 2012, a year in pictures: Part 2, Greece
The task of selecting a bakers’ dozen of images from the hundreds I took in Greece this summer was more daunting than choosing those for Wales. This is partly because many of the places I went were new to me … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Mountains
Tagged Areopoli, Athens, Greece, Kardamili, lava, Mani, Meteora, monasteries, Nisyros, outdoors, Parga, rambling, rock pinnacles, Symi, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge, Volcano, waterfalls
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Rambling through 2012, a year in pictures: Part 1, Wales
At the end of a busy year it seems appropriate to look back and remember the places I went and the things I did during 2012. Far too much to cram into a blogable number of words so I decided … Continue reading
November Daily Blog 17: waterfalls, footpaths and shepherds
On Friday night grey and gloom was forecast for Saturday morning clearing to sunshine in the afternoon. So I planned a return visit to ‘Waterfall Country’ further west in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Despite the forecast I opened the … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Mountains, Wales
Tagged brecon beacons national park, footpaths, Nedd Fechan, Pontneddfechan, south east wales, waterfalls
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November Daily Blog 9: reminiscences of gorges, waterfalls and footpaths.
My visit yesterday to the Brecon Beacons ‘Waterfall Country’ reminded me of the Viros Gorge running from the Taygetos Mountains to Kardamili on the west coast of the Mani Peninsula in the far south of the Peloponnese. The two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Reflections, Wales
Tagged brecon beacons national park, footpaths, Greece, hiking, Kardamili, Mani, rocks, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge, waterfalls
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November Daily Blog 8: waterfalls and footpaths.
The sky was mostly blue when I got up on Thursday. The sun was showing red through a narrow slit between the hill on the opposite side of the Valley and a band of cloud. The forecast was for a … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Wales
Tagged brecon beacons national park, footpaths, Kardamili, outdoors, Pontneddfechan, Sgwd yr Eira, Viros Gorge, waterfalls
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