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#Goldcliff

Back to the #GwentLevels for a #Wander today, From #Goldcliff to #Redwick. Pictured are:
- The Second Severn Crossing (don't make me say it's official name 😏 )
- A "Putcher Rank"; historically, baskets would have been suspended between these rows of stakes to catch fish .
- Looking along Windwill Reen, Llanwern Steelworks in the distance
- St Thomas' Chuch in Redwick showing the highest level the water reached in the "Great Flood of 1606".

#Cymru #Wales #Landscape #Seascape #WalesCoastPath

The Second Severn Crossing:

Looking along the muddy foreshore of the Severn Estuary, the brown water separating Cymru from England is bisected by the slightly arching course of a white bridge. Numerous pillars support the bridge, except for the central section which is suspended by two tall towers. In the far distance, the bright white suspension towers of the older bridge can be seen.

Looking out across the muddy Severn Estuary and to the Somerset coast, where green farmland gives way to the mostly white industrial buildings of Portishead and Avonmouth. Near to the camera, two parallel lines of old wooden staves emerge from the stone and mud of the foreshore and into the water

Looking inland from the sea wall:

Looking along the course of a "reen". Thick reed beds line the bank of the shallow channel, initially hiding it's course from sight completely. Further on a metal sluice gate controls the flow of water. A series of narrow footbridges can be seen crossing the reen at various points. In the far distance the grey buildings of Llanwern Steel Works rise from behind a line of trees.

St Thomas' Church at Redwick:

The stone wall next to the Porch of the church showing the level to which the water reached during the "Great Flood" of 1606. A Circle with a line through it marks the level, whilst below is inscribed "GREAT FLOOD, A.D. 1606". The mark is just below where the arch starts on the Porch Entrance, approximately 1.3M high

Bank on the #WalesCoastPath for a #Wander today. From The #NewportWetlandsCentre to the #SeaWall at #Goldcliff. Here's some views..... I'll post some birds and bugs tomorrow

#Cymru #Wales #GwentLevels #Landscape #Seascape

The inscribed slate plaque at the entrance to the Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve:

An oval shaped, large grey slate plaque, marking the opening of the reserve, stands vertically in front of tall, lush green reeds. A gravel path leads away, towards East Usk Lighthouse, the white cylindrical top of which can be seen above the reeds

Looking over mudflats to the Severn Estuary:

Green rushes give way to a large expanse of dark mudflats, which in turn give way to the slate blue Severn Estuary. To the right, the curve of Cardiff bay can be seen. Across the water, the hills of North Somerset rise out of the water. Between them the two humps of Flat Holm and Steep Holm can just be made out. A Blue sky with some thin white cloud sits above the scene

Looking out over an area of Salt Marsh on the Gwent Levels:

A line of green bushes gives way to orangey brown scrubland, which ends in the green bank of the sea wall. Above white clouds are building in a deep blue sky.

A panoramic picture over the mudflats at GoldCliff:

Looking out from the top of the sea wall over dark mud. veined by the meandering courses of run off water. At the water's edge, thin wooden poles emerge from the mud. Across the water, the hills of North Somerset rise up. A single cargo shape makes it's way up the channel.

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