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Philosophy

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

23 November 201512 September 2025 GwynethBook Diaries 2015
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Publication date: 1792 Genre: Non fiction (philosophy; feminism) What’s it about? Wollstonecraft’s book is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. The author is responding to the widely held belief of the time that women should not receive an equal education to men, and the majority of the […]

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Photography & collage. Unearthing stories of the human & more-than-human worlds.  Tarot @gwynethmarshman_tarot Poetry & books @gwynethmarshman_words
  • Worthing beach & pier. Digital photograph, 2025. 

I'm on the cusp of leaving Newport, having come here for personal reasons which have now evaporated. Much as I have love & fondness for those I leave behind, I need to get away now, to somewhere I feel I belong, in a way I have never felt here. And, oh God, I need to be by the sea at some point before I die.

My journeyings over the past couple of years, particularly with regard to art & nature, have led me to West Sussex. It doesn't feel like an exaggeration to say that I have fallen in love with this county; indeed, on looking back at my photos, I can almost identify the exact place & time the lightning bolt struck me. The fact that I have friends, family & ancestors in this neck of the woods now seems merely a backdrop to my personal feelings about the place.

I'm currently looking for accommodation in this area, so if anyone has any suggestions, please do drop me a DM. If I can't find anywhere by the time I need to vacate my current tenancy (4 June), I'll be heading back to my dad's in Lincolnshire, and continuing to search from there. Please be advised I have a cat! But otherwise I am a great tenant 🥰

Here's to the future...
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  • To Enter My World, You Must Divine My Question.

Digital collage, 2026.
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #digitalphotography
  • A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
  • See! See! The Horizon Awaits!

Digital collage, 2026.
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #seawall
  • An old analogue collage (2022). It seems I've had this interest in hybrid animal/human forms for some time!

In retrospect I am entitling this piece 'Ungovernable', in recognition of (a) the many cat memes where it is shown that cats are indeed ungovernable, and (b) the undoubted belief of the Bullingdon Club that they are neither accountable to nor governable by anyone but themselves...
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #analoguecollage #catsofınstagram
  • Ascension Of The Misfits. Digital collage, 2026.

I'm gradually trying to 'join the dots' between my art and my reading & writing pursuits, specifically exploring the correspondences between landscape/spirituality and the fantastical/speculative. One topic that's currently gripping me is the question of identity, self, and metamorphosis/shape-shifting/hybrid forms. I've played with this in some previous collages, but I'm now digging deeper and will be interested to see what emerges.

In an attempt to highlight the common threads between my art and my writing, I've been updating the 'Words' section of my website and have added some (very) short pieces of speculative fiction that I wrote for my MA in Science Fiction & Fantasy. If you would like to get a flavour of my creative writing style, you can go straight to the web page via the Linktree link in my bio.
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #fantastical
  • A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
  • For sale: offers invited!

I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go.

They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. 

If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. 

Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea).

DM me if you're interested! 
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  • Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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Worthing beach & pier. Digital photograph, 2025. 

I'm on the cusp of leaving Newport, having come here for personal reasons which have now evaporated. Much as I have love & fondness for those I leave behind, I need to get away now, to somewhere I feel I belong, in a way I have never felt here. And, oh God, I need to be by the sea at some point before I die.

My journeyings over the past couple of years, particularly with regard to art & nature, have led me to West Sussex. It doesn't feel like an exaggeration to say that I have fallen in love with this county; indeed, on looking back at my photos, I can almost identify the exact place & time the lightning bolt struck me. The fact that I have friends, family & ancestors in this neck of the woods now seems merely a backdrop to my personal feelings about the place.

I'm currently looking for accommodation in this area, so if anyone has any suggestions, please do drop me a DM. If I can't find anywhere by the time I need to vacate my current tenancy (4 June), I'll be heading back to my dad's in Lincolnshire, and continuing to search from there. Please be advised I have a cat! But otherwise I am a great tenant 🥰

Here's to the future...
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Worthing beach & pier. Digital photograph, 2025. I'm on the cusp of leaving Newport, having come here for personal reasons which have now evaporated. Much as I have love & fondness for those I leave behind, I need to get away now, to somewhere I feel I belong, in a way I have never felt here. And, oh God, I need to be by the sea at some point before I die. My journeyings over the past couple of years, particularly with regard to art & nature, have led me to West Sussex. It doesn't feel like an exaggeration to say that I have fallen in love with this county; indeed, on looking back at my photos, I can almost identify the exact place & time the lightning bolt struck me. The fact that I have friends, family & ancestors in this neck of the woods now seems merely a backdrop to my personal feelings about the place. I'm currently looking for accommodation in this area, so if anyone has any suggestions, please do drop me a DM. If I can't find anywhere by the time I need to vacate my current tenancy (4 June), I'll be heading back to my dad's in Lincolnshire, and continuing to search from there. Please be advised I have a cat! But otherwise I am a great tenant 🥰 Here's to the future... . . . . .
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To Enter My World, You Must Divine My Question.

Digital collage, 2026.
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #digitalphotography
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To Enter My World, You Must Divine My Question. Digital collage, 2026. . . . . . #collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #digitalphotography
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A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun.

Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . 

Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚
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#walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
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A Wednesday wander with perfect weather for Earth Day. Took the train out to Severn Tunnel Junction, then walked my familiar stretch of seawall down to Goldcliff, where I happily coincided with high tide for the first time in ages. Ate my sandwiches sitting on the wall in the sun. Today, instead of walking back the way I came as I usually do, I continued on, following the @walescoastpath as it heads inland to protect this coastal region & its wildlife. A quick detour into a hide overlooking Goldcliff lagoons brought back emotional memories of my year spent living out here, as did a swift pint outdoors at the Farmer's Arms. Then it was across the fields and eventually back out to the coast on approaching @rspbnewportwetlands . Electric bus back to the city centre completed a beautiful day of celebration for this glorious world of ours. Let us not forget how lucky we are! 💚 . . . . . #walking #walkingwales #earthday2026 #seawall #wetlands
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See! See! The Horizon Awaits!

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See! See! The Horizon Awaits! Digital collage, 2026. . . . . . #collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #seawall
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An old analogue collage (2022). It seems I've had this interest in hybrid animal/human forms for some time!

In retrospect I am entitling this piece 'Ungovernable', in recognition of (a) the many cat memes where it is shown that cats are indeed ungovernable, and (b) the undoubted belief of the Bullingdon Club that they are neither accountable to nor governable by anyone but themselves...
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An old analogue collage (2022). It seems I've had this interest in hybrid animal/human forms for some time! In retrospect I am entitling this piece 'Ungovernable', in recognition of (a) the many cat memes where it is shown that cats are indeed ungovernable, and (b) the undoubted belief of the Bullingdon Club that they are neither accountable to nor governable by anyone but themselves... . . . . . #collage #collageart #collageartist #analoguecollage #catsofınstagram
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Ascension Of The Misfits. Digital collage, 2026.

I'm gradually trying to 'join the dots' between my art and my reading & writing pursuits, specifically exploring the correspondences between landscape/spirituality and the fantastical/speculative. One topic that's currently gripping me is the question of identity, self, and metamorphosis/shape-shifting/hybrid forms. I've played with this in some previous collages, but I'm now digging deeper and will be interested to see what emerges.

In an attempt to highlight the common threads between my art and my writing, I've been updating the 'Words' section of my website and have added some (very) short pieces of speculative fiction that I wrote for my MA in Science Fiction & Fantasy. If you would like to get a flavour of my creative writing style, you can go straight to the web page via the Linktree link in my bio.
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#collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #fantastical
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Ascension Of The Misfits. Digital collage, 2026. I'm gradually trying to 'join the dots' between my art and my reading & writing pursuits, specifically exploring the correspondences between landscape/spirituality and the fantastical/speculative. One topic that's currently gripping me is the question of identity, self, and metamorphosis/shape-shifting/hybrid forms. I've played with this in some previous collages, but I'm now digging deeper and will be interested to see what emerges. In an attempt to highlight the common threads between my art and my writing, I've been updating the 'Words' section of my website and have added some (very) short pieces of speculative fiction that I wrote for my MA in Science Fiction & Fantasy. If you would like to get a flavour of my creative writing style, you can go straight to the web page via the Linktree link in my bio. . . . . . #collage #collageart #collageartist #digitalcollage #fantastical
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A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians).

I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.)

The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge).

Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it.

On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold.

The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this!
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#walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
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A slightly wet Wednesday wander, up the pedestrian trail to Caerleon, with an initial detour via the @monandbreccanal path to Malpas Brook (J26 of the M4 - west side of the Brynglas Tunnels - for non-Newportonians). I'd originally wanted to head for my occasional stomping ground of the Malverns today, but a look at the weather forecast persuaded me to leave that for another time. As it was, I achieved a Pyrrhic victory in my quest to discover whether the waterproofing in my jacket has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. (It has.) The walk itself was somewhat underwhelming, although it was interesting to pass under the M4 (J25A - east side of the Brynglas Tunnels), as I have done a bit further eastwards on previous walks along @walescoastpath to Chepstow (western end of the Prince of Wales Bridge). Although I vastly prefer walking in nature, I have a certain fascination for these urban edgelands: the underpasses, industrial estates and railway lines, home to graffiti, dumped shopping trolleys and untrammelled floral blossomings alike. And at least some of today's route followed the River Usk, which was my main reason for undertaking it. On arrival in Caerleon, by now in intermittent driving rain, I pottered around the ruins of Roman barracks, the amphitheatre, and the churchyard of the renovated St Cadoc's Church. In the latter, I noted that the wooden sculpture of an embracing couple has now been freed from its previous cloak of ivy. I hope they're not feeling the cold. The final pic shows why I'm not sitting outside for my post-walk pint. Hailstones are literally bouncing off the windowsill as I write this! . . . . . #walking #walkingwales #caerleon #edgelands #newportsouthwales
1 week ago
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For sale: offers invited!

I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go.

They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. 

If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. 

Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea).

DM me if you're interested! 
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For sale: offers invited!

I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go.

They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. 

If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. 

Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea).

DM me if you're interested! 
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#artforsale #digitalphotography #digitalphotographer #photography #photographersofinstagram
For sale: offers invited!

I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go.

They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. 

If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. 

Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea).

DM me if you're interested! 
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#artforsale #digitalphotography #digitalphotographer #photography #photographersofinstagram
For sale: offers invited!

I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go.

They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. 

If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. 

Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea).

DM me if you're interested! 
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#artforsale #digitalphotography #digitalphotographer #photography #photographersofinstagram
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For sale: offers invited! I've just collected two of my street photographs, 'Adjustable Climax' and 'Speed Limit', from @barnabasarthouse , where they graced the walls of the 'Winter Selection' exhibition. As I will be leaving Newport for pastures new in a few weeks' time, I'd like to find new homes for these pictures too before I go. They were originally on sale for £125 each, but I'm now open to (reasonable) offers. Both pieces are framed (dimensions: 43 x 33 cm), but if you would prefer just the prints, unframed & unmounted, I can remove them. If you live within easy reach of Newport city centre, I may be able to hand-deliver, otherwise I will need to work out postage costs. Pics 1-2 show the original digital files; pics 3-4 show the framed versions (sadly with reflection, but it gives you an idea). DM me if you're interested! . . . . . #artforsale #digitalphotography #digitalphotographer #photography #photographersofinstagram
1 week ago
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Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. 

I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey.

On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly.

A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week.
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#leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
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Survived a trip to that there London, to see (a) the @freudmuseum and its Leonora Carrington mini exhibition, 'The Symptomatic Surreal', in leafy Hampstead; and (b) an adaptation of G.B. Shaw's 'Saint Joan', @stjoanlondon @archeslanetheatre , in the revamped @batterseapwrstn complex. I've had a mild obsession with Joan of Arc since my schooldays, so I couldn't pass up the chance to see a new play about her. It was sheer good luck that it coincided with the Carrington exhibition. I seem to be on a trajectory of artistic exploration/research that involves not just spiritual & ghostly presences but also questions of madness/sanity and identity (and who gets to decide...). Recent trips to see productions of 'Hamlet' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' also, weirdly, fit... It is a fascinating journey. On a more mundane note, a lunch of pea & mint falafel in pitta bread @batterseabrew was amazing. After so many disappointing supermarket offerings, this has seriously restored my faith in falafel!! Not pictured, as I wolfed it down too quickly. A tiring day (and not home yet), but it has made up for the lack of a Wednesday walk this week. Hopefully back to normal wandering exploits next week. . . . . . #leonoracarrington #joanofarc #saintjoan #madness #identity
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