Paul Westcountry Wanderings
@westcountrywand.bsky.social
YouTuber, photographer, wanderer. Likes countryside, walking, railways, canals, nature, history, coast. Passionate about the positive and the Westcountry of England.
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Huge News on the Cotswold Canals | Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals | Update 18a
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My latest video is another in my long running series looking at the restoration of The Cotswold Canals in Gloucestershire (and a bit of Wiltshire).
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
A quartet of images that I took in Worcester late this afternoon. #Streetphotography #Worcester
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A quartet of images that I took in Worcester late this afternoon. #Streetphotography #Worcester
A few photos from my recent photo tour of the historically important town of Penryn in Cornwall. It had a culturally important college, Glasney College, that was closed by King Henry VIIIs reformation, but it is now home to @falmouthuniversity.bsky.social #Cornwall #Kernow #Universitytowns
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A few photos from my recent photo tour of the historically important town of Penryn in Cornwall. It had a culturally important college, Glasney College, that was closed by King Henry VIIIs reformation, but it is now home to @falmouthuniversity.bsky.social #Cornwall #Kernow #Universitytowns
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The final section of The Severn Way - Oldbury on Severn to Severn Beach
From the source of the Severn, a 215 mile trail to the estuary!
That's another long-distance trail completed 🥾🥾
@ramblersgb.bsky.social
@westcountrywand.bsky.social
#SevernWay
#murky
#CanadaGeese
#suspension_bridges
From the source of the Severn, a 215 mile trail to the estuary!
That's another long-distance trail completed 🥾🥾
@ramblersgb.bsky.social
@westcountrywand.bsky.social
#SevernWay
#murky
#CanadaGeese
#suspension_bridges
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The final section of The Severn Way - Oldbury on Severn to Severn Beach
From the source of the Severn, a 215 mile trail to the estuary!
That's another long-distance trail completed 🥾🥾
@ramblersgb.bsky.social
@westcountrywand.bsky.social
#SevernWay
#murky
#CanadaGeese
#suspension_bridges
From the source of the Severn, a 215 mile trail to the estuary!
That's another long-distance trail completed 🥾🥾
@ramblersgb.bsky.social
@westcountrywand.bsky.social
#SevernWay
#murky
#CanadaGeese
#suspension_bridges
Some photos that I took to accompany my latest Cotswold Canals update video on the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals in Gloucestershire.
Fantastic news about the funding so that the restoration can now progress, linking Stroud to the canal network.
#canals @cotswoldlife.bsky.social
Fantastic news about the funding so that the restoration can now progress, linking Stroud to the canal network.
#canals @cotswoldlife.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Some photos that I took to accompany my latest Cotswold Canals update video on the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals in Gloucestershire.
Fantastic news about the funding so that the restoration can now progress, linking Stroud to the canal network.
#canals @cotswoldlife.bsky.social
Fantastic news about the funding so that the restoration can now progress, linking Stroud to the canal network.
#canals @cotswoldlife.bsky.social
My latest video is another in my long running series looking at the restoration of The Cotswold Canals in Gloucestershire (and a bit of Wiltshire).
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
Huge News on the Cotswold Canals | Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals | Update 18a
YouTube video by Westcountry Wanderings
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My latest video is another in my long running series looking at the restoration of The Cotswold Canals in Gloucestershire (and a bit of Wiltshire).
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
There has been a significant and positive development to take this exciting project forward.
@cotswoldsnl.bsky.social
youtu.be/v09_cpZ4tiY?...
My latest.
It was a wonderful railway related walk which crossed counties at the half way point, and started at the first town on the River Thames, Cricklade.
#wiltshire #cotswolds #railways
youtu.be/xlfHi_kqBf0
It was a wonderful railway related walk which crossed counties at the half way point, and started at the first town on the River Thames, Cricklade.
#wiltshire #cotswolds #railways
youtu.be/xlfHi_kqBf0
Lost Railway Walks 24 - M&SWJR Part 5 - Cricklade to South Cerney
YouTube video by Westcountry Wanderings
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November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My latest.
It was a wonderful railway related walk which crossed counties at the half way point, and started at the first town on the River Thames, Cricklade.
#wiltshire #cotswolds #railways
youtu.be/xlfHi_kqBf0
It was a wonderful railway related walk which crossed counties at the half way point, and started at the first town on the River Thames, Cricklade.
#wiltshire #cotswolds #railways
youtu.be/xlfHi_kqBf0
Perhaps not a typical Cotswolds scene but this derelict factory was at the hub of industry in the Stroud Valleys.
#streetphotography #cotswolds #gloucestershire
#streetphotography #cotswolds #gloucestershire
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Perhaps not a typical Cotswolds scene but this derelict factory was at the hub of industry in the Stroud Valleys.
#streetphotography #cotswolds #gloucestershire
#streetphotography #cotswolds #gloucestershire
The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. To the Fallen, in Bristol yesterday in Park St.
September 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. To the Fallen, in Bristol yesterday in Park St.
A quartet of images that I took in the City of Bristol, England yesterday. Bristol is a superb city for Street Photography.
September 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A quartet of images that I took in the City of Bristol, England yesterday. Bristol is a superb city for Street Photography.
A couple of images from my recent Burrow Mump video #somerset #westcountrywanderings
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August 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A couple of images from my recent Burrow Mump video #somerset #westcountrywanderings
youtu.be/w655GgHYYDQ
youtu.be/w655GgHYYDQ
I have a new video arriving tomorrow morning at 8am BST on my little YouTube Westcountry Wanderings.
This walk was fabulous! Stunning landscapes, amazing geology, beautiful churches, incredible history.
Hope you can join me tomorrow or over the weekend.
Have a fab time whatever you do. Paul
This walk was fabulous! Stunning landscapes, amazing geology, beautiful churches, incredible history.
Hope you can join me tomorrow or over the weekend.
Have a fab time whatever you do. Paul
June 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I have a new video arriving tomorrow morning at 8am BST on my little YouTube Westcountry Wanderings.
This walk was fabulous! Stunning landscapes, amazing geology, beautiful churches, incredible history.
Hope you can join me tomorrow or over the weekend.
Have a fab time whatever you do. Paul
This walk was fabulous! Stunning landscapes, amazing geology, beautiful churches, incredible history.
Hope you can join me tomorrow or over the weekend.
Have a fab time whatever you do. Paul
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My YouTube Colleague Louise from @southwestsundays.bsky.social
last night put out a great video from our recent meet up looking at the amazing WWII Bomb Shelter in Bristol.
It was a sobering but enlightening tour.
youtu.be/yjRvS0bfMpU?...
last night put out a great video from our recent meet up looking at the amazing WWII Bomb Shelter in Bristol.
It was a sobering but enlightening tour.
youtu.be/yjRvS0bfMpU?...
June 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My YouTube Colleague Louise from @southwestsundays.bsky.social
last night put out a great video from our recent meet up looking at the amazing WWII Bomb Shelter in Bristol.
It was a sobering but enlightening tour.
youtu.be/yjRvS0bfMpU?...
last night put out a great video from our recent meet up looking at the amazing WWII Bomb Shelter in Bristol.
It was a sobering but enlightening tour.
youtu.be/yjRvS0bfMpU?...
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A few photos from my recent video of Bude in Cornwall.
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
May 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A few photos from my recent video of Bude in Cornwall.
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
A trio of recent monochrome shots that I took recently in the Severn Vale in Gloucestershire.
May 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A trio of recent monochrome shots that I took recently in the Severn Vale in Gloucestershire.
A few photos from my recent video of Bude in Cornwall.
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
May 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A few photos from my recent video of Bude in Cornwall.
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
What a fantastic day - the geology and coastline around the town is exceptional.
You can find the video here:
youtu.be/vIjrTb9wxvw
Bit of street photography today from the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire #photography #streetphotography #urbanlife
May 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bit of street photography today from the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire #photography #streetphotography #urbanlife
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1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
A few photos that I took recently in the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, England. All taken with a Canon M5 with a 32mm lens (50mm ff equiv). #cotswolds
May 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A few photos that I took recently in the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, England. All taken with a Canon M5 with a 32mm lens (50mm ff equiv). #cotswolds
I have a new video arriving later today from the stunning coast around Holywell Bay.
#westcountrywanderings #cornwall
#westcountrywanderings #cornwall
May 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I have a new video arriving later today from the stunning coast around Holywell Bay.
#westcountrywanderings #cornwall
#westcountrywanderings #cornwall
I was at Holywell Bay in Cornwall, on the Atlantic Coast yesterday, very early in the morning.
What a stunning place!
#WestcountryWanderings #Cornwall #AtlanticCoast
What a stunning place!
#WestcountryWanderings #Cornwall #AtlanticCoast
April 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I was at Holywell Bay in Cornwall, on the Atlantic Coast yesterday, very early in the morning.
What a stunning place!
#WestcountryWanderings #Cornwall #AtlanticCoast
What a stunning place!
#WestcountryWanderings #Cornwall #AtlanticCoast
My YouTube friend Louise from the YouTube Channel
@southwestsundays.bsky.social
and myself did a great walk last Sunday from Bridgwater to Taunton along the canal.
It was a wonderful walk, and this is Louise's video of our day:
youtube.com/watch?v=1IYb...
#canal #somerset
@southwestsundays.bsky.social
and myself did a great walk last Sunday from Bridgwater to Taunton along the canal.
It was a wonderful walk, and this is Louise's video of our day:
youtube.com/watch?v=1IYb...
#canal #somerset
April 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My YouTube friend Louise from the YouTube Channel
@southwestsundays.bsky.social
and myself did a great walk last Sunday from Bridgwater to Taunton along the canal.
It was a wonderful walk, and this is Louise's video of our day:
youtube.com/watch?v=1IYb...
#canal #somerset
@southwestsundays.bsky.social
and myself did a great walk last Sunday from Bridgwater to Taunton along the canal.
It was a wonderful walk, and this is Louise's video of our day:
youtube.com/watch?v=1IYb...
#canal #somerset
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I'll be at @thebookery.bsky.social on Thursday May 15th at 7pm, in conversation with @alexandradawe.bsky.social, where I'll be discussing my book The Folklore of Devon and various aspects of the county's folklore and heritage.
April 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'll be at @thebookery.bsky.social on Thursday May 15th at 7pm, in conversation with @alexandradawe.bsky.social, where I'll be discussing my book The Folklore of Devon and various aspects of the county's folklore and heritage.
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