Into the Deep Woods

Into the Deep Woods

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Into the Deep Woods
Into the Deep Woods
Half a Mountain

Half a Mountain

Precarity and ruins

James Roberts
Jan 11, 2024
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Into the Deep Woods
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Half a Mountain
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The road winds through oak woods, beside a stream which tumbles down storeys of layered stone to a circular pool below. I’m entering the undulating plateau of the Cambrian mountains, following a route described by the AA as one of the ten most scenic car journeys in the world. It begins in the Elan valley high above its famous reservoirs. The snaking th…

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