The view towards mount Snowden from the edge of the slate quarry near Nantle. The Welsh slate trails lead you into an almost bizarre landscape where the green of the hills is broken up by the harsh greyness of the slate scattered randomly in huge slag heaps of slate across the hillside. Quarries have often… Continue reading Trigonos and Welsh Slate
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Tossing and turning on the Dutch coast
We crossed over to the Netherlands in our camper and spent the first night parked in a row of vans looking out over the exit from Rotterdam Harbour. Inevitably I ended up thinking about the impending exit from the EU and how unnatural it feels. Despite the water between us we have been part of… Continue reading Tossing and turning on the Dutch coast


