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#Redwick

Back to the #GwentLevels and the #WalesCoastPath today for a #wander from #Redwick to #Caldicot. Frequent squally showers made it, mostly, a #monochome day.

#Cymru #Wales #blackandwhite #Landscape #Seascape

A green tunnel:

A gravel path with a strip of green grass in the middle leads away from the camera in a straight line. Trees line both sides of the path, their boughs meeting above the middle, causing a soft green light to illuminate the scene . In the distance a person, out of focus, walks towards the camera.

A "Putcher Rank":

A black and white photo. Looking over the mouth of the River Severn towards the Somerset coast. The tide is out revealing wide expanses of mud flats. Close to the camera a parallel line of wooden stakes emerges from the foreshore (A "Pitcher Rank" on which baskets would have been suspended to catch fish as the tide moved out)

A wandering duck:

A black and white photo of a female Mallard duck as she wanders out onto the mudflats, leaving a slightly meandering path of footprints behind her.

The Second Severn Crossing:

A black and white photo of this long bridge as it crosses the Severn. The tide is out revealing the substantial concrete pillars supporting most of the bridge, The middle section however, is supported by wires suspended from two tall towers. The towers are reflected in the water below the bridge. Above thick, dark clouds threaten rain

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

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