Into the Deep Woods

Into the Deep Woods

The Edge

Fear and Creative Risk

James Roberts
Aug 14, 2023
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Afon Claerwen is a little, fast moving river that threads through the blasted landscape of the Cambrian mountains, ultimately emptying into the reservoirs at Elan. Today the peaty water is stained ultramarine by a cloudless sky. The colours in this place, at this time of year, when everything that grows is still burned back by the long winter, are all o…

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