Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 2 Oct 26
By the time I reached Dinas Brân, I was starting to see Offa’s Dyke differently. Perhaps it was not the beginning of a border landscape at all, but one monumental episode in a much older story.
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By the time I reached Dinas Brân, I was starting to see Offa’s Dyke differently. Perhaps it was not the beginning of a border landscape at all, but one monumental episode in a much older story.
A multimedia resource hub from my Offa's Dyke walk
My sketchbook from Offa's Dyke
The buildings of Offa's Dyke
Walking Offa’s Dyke, I set out to understand a landscape of division - and found something that brings us together.
What I love about walking is the way connections with features in the landscape evolve. My eyes lock on to a building and, as the paths and lanes twist and turn, I follow its relationship with the surrounding hills until it slips out of sight.
Over the coming season, I’ll be out and about in Woody - exploring more corners of the British Isles, continuing my art projects and following themed journeys through Britain.
Fresh Horizons - Ways of Seeing
That contradiction is what interests me. We look fragile here - a tiny machine suspended against an immense wall of stone - and yet collectively we have the capacity to reshape whole landscapes.
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