Friday 29 October 2021

A Wet Walk by the Wye

 


We've had a lot of rain the last couple of days but fortunately not nearly as much as Cumbria or parts of Scotland.  The river was high and moving past at about 10 knots.  Not a good idea to fall in.


The little island that the Canada Geese nested on back in the spring has now disappeared apart from the willow trees that grow on it.




We walk here most days (as long as it's not pelting down).  This area is called The Gro and was used by the community in past years to pasture animals on, tan hides, etc.  The path which now echoes the line of the river is actually where the Roman Road of Sarn Helen ran as it approached from further North via Newbridge-on-Wye and then went on into Breconshire.  I've looked up the route on the map and want to go exploring at the back of Co-op where the road ran through at the back of the Castle too.  Next dry day perhaps . . . 


Looking up on the flanks of Aberedw, where the bracken has turned the colour of ground Cloves.


Now, a surprise - here is the actual November copy of  Homes & Antiques, hot on the heals of that other issue - which was obviously an "extra".  Ah well, I have enjoyed reading both.


My baking for today, except my brain was a bit screwballed as  I was still awake, hoping to drop off, at 3 a.m. this morning.  I forgot to add the margerine!  Ah well, still edible and a bit like those wee apple Soreen loaves.


Just to prove we did have some sunshine today (which put a smile on my face).  The copper beech at the end of our top paddock nearest the lane is now turning golden and beautiful.  The one closer to the house (a common beech) is green with occasional lemon yellow branches of leaves.  The bird feeders are very busy, as ever.

Well, today was an improvement on yesterday when the Universe seemed to want to block me in every way I could, right down to falling to sleep last thing!

Have a lovely weekend all.


4 comments:

  1. Your river and my river look an awful lot alike. It rained the entire day, and hard too.

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    1. We have woken up to sunshine this morning. That's always welcome. May try some soggy gardening later.

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  2. Your river and my river look an awful lot alike. It rained the entire day, and hard too. We are very fortunate that Tim managed to tear out the beaver dam last night before the rain hit. There would have been a terrible flood problem.

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    1. I expect the Cothi, where we used to live, is also very high. No beaver dams there (though Beavers have been re-introduced to parts of the UK and are doing well) - but there were otters, although you rarely saw them. It was a pretty river to walk beside. The Wye is more stately - almost more "grown up" as the Cothi was still carving scallops out of the bedrock canyon it ran through.

      I can see "your" beavers would have caused a real problem on your land.

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