Bigswier to Redbrook, Wye Valley

- Drive up autumnal Valley past Tintern Abbey
Bigsweir Bridge - river running high, deep and fast. Heron flaps down to land.
Walking up road along hedgerows. Heart centre opens. Accompanied by blue tits
Enter the oak woods, bird song all around
Met a moss covered oak tree, with the language of the heart
Took wrong path, retraced steps to Offa's Duke
Deep deer trods in the mud
Met a beautiful mossy oak and then an old birch
The wind through the beech trees - 'here our mother breathing'
Beautiful beech grove
Out into more open fields with sunlight slanting and white puff clouds
Trudged through cool rivulets running down off fields
Passed sheep, and spent time having that old familiar eye to wye contact
Two large buzzards took off from trees bordering field, one sailed over giving her plaintive cry. A crow sat in another tree surveying the scene
Flock of starlings pass over
Sat eating lunch by an old stone farm, looking out over the Autumnal Valley serenaded by buzzards
Met people as I ate lunch and just after
Lovely yew tree grove
Beautiful views down into the leaf littered yew tree wood
Long view of the river Wye on the slippery and steep descent into Redbrook
History of Redbrook
Crossing the old railway bridge, the river brown, swollen and immensely powerful.
Met too older couples on the bridge and later passed on the river path.
River very high, path very wet, walked barefoot
Saw my favourite swim spot flooded
Saw Robin up close on a cabin fence, looked me in the eye, then flew off
Lovely walking in the wet green grass
Autumn trees shining bright in the sun
Washed my feet in the river, water very cold
Did my nature rituals on the rover bank and felt the flow of life through my body like the flow of the river. Sent out my love to humanity in the eight directions. Felt the connection with the nature surrounding me. The river in its own voice and not the human voice I project onto it.
I saw another Robin who eyed me again
Walked in the cold shade past trees with yellowing and golden leaves - sweet Chestnut leaves.
Came back into the low sun warming again
High sided river valleys with autumn trees
Stopped to be with a dandelion om full flower
Dug up some water mint to grow and be with at home
Heard then saw long tailed tit
Looked across the sun shadowing fields with silhouetted trees
Met a bright couple with two dogs
Saw a horse in a field and felt like what it was to be him
Stood on the bridge to watch the sun lower and shine golden on the valley sides
Met the couple i said that I would see on the way backRead more