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Sarah Davies
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Geography Prof researching past climate, weather extremes, coastal change and cultural heritage. HoD Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University. Wales. Dysgu cymraeg.
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Atmospheric location for this morning's rugby match.
View of a junior rugby match against a backdrop of slate tips and grey skies. Behind the posts is a row of terraced houses with a chapel in the middle.
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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A little bit of calm after work. Vicarage Pond, Llanilar
View of a small lake surrounded by trees. Water lilies cover the lake surface, except the foreground, where sky is reflected in the open water.
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Megalithic Locmariaquer #standingstonesunday - The Grand Menhir Brisé and the capstone of the nearby Table des Marchands. The capstone, with an engraving of an axe was re-used from another broken menhir, likely from the same alignment as the Grand Menhir. Such an impressive site.
Four large pieces of a broken standing stone lying on the ground. This was the largest of an alignment of stelae erected c. 6,000 years ago at Locmariaquer, Brittany. Detail of the internal face of the capstone of a neolithic burial chamber at Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer. The capstone has an engraving depicting an axe.
August 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Lucky to spend #tombtuesday waliking among the Carnac alignments. Photo 1 - dolmen on the western edge of the Kermario alignments. Photo 2 - menhir on top of burial mound at Le Manio.
In the left foreground, the entrance to a neolithic passage tomb can be seen, upright granite stones around 1 metre apart topped with granite slabs. The surrounding grass is parched brown due to the summer drought. In the background to the right is a line of standing stones with trees behind. A 3.5 metre high menhir (breton for standing stone) is in the centre of the photo, surrounded by alignments of smaller stones. Beneath the large menhir is an opening into the tomb below. There is a sheep in the foreground. A small number are being used for conservation grazing in this fenced area.
August 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Today, I am following the coastal path from Blaenplwyf to Aber. Grey and blustery but lovely views.
A coastal view with sea on the left. A path leads down hill to a shingle beach with a flat green field behind. In the distance, the town of Aberystwyth can be seen. There is a hill middle-right, this is the iron age hillfort of Pen Dinas
June 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Today's walk was along the Ystwyth Trail, Llanilar to the bandstand in Aber.

13.5 miles this week, walking 60 miles in June to support pancreatic cancer research. Thinking of special friends all the way.

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A calm river viewed from a bridge, there are trees along both banks, overhanging the water in places A gravel track through some woods. A fox red labrador on a lead is stood in the middle of the track. His name is Jasper and he is a very good boy. A coastal scene, with grey skies and sea. It is low tide and grey rocks are exposed in the foreground. In the background, there is a pier and row of coloured buildings along a promenade. A green hill is at the end of the row of buildings, with a steep drop to the sea.
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Managed a quick walk up Foel Drygan yesterday while waiting for the junior football tournament in Crymych to kick off.
A hilltop with a stone cairn, one of three bronze age burial mounds at Foel Drygarn An information board titled 'Battle of the Preselau' These mountains would not be accessible to walkers today if it were not for the brave stand by local inhabitants at the end of the 1940s. Soon after the Second World war, in November 1946, the War Office declared its intention to turn the Preselau into a permanent military training area. That would mean turning more than 200 farmers from their homes. However, under the leadership of Nonconformist ministers and local headmasters, a spirited campaign was organised to withstand the threat. A barrister was employed to represent the Prescelly Preservation Committee and it was made abundantly clear that not an inch of land would be surrendered. ‘We nurture souls in these areas,’ was the precise comment of the Rev R. Parri Roberta when confronted by military officers. The ‘sanctity’ of the mountains was emphasized with their 38 bluestones transported to Stonehenge, over two thousand years ago, to become part of English heritage. By spring 1948 the Government had give in to the determination of the people of Preselau. All present day farmers and walkers are indebted to those heros of yesterday. The full story can be read in the book ‘Battle of the Presaelau – the campaign to safeguard the ‘sacred’ Pembrokeshire Hills’ by Hefin Wyn. This stone was unveiled on May 16, 2009 by Dyfed Davies on behalf of the mountain shepherds Organised by Clychau Clochlog
June 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Smoke from the ongoing wildfires at Cwm Rheidol and Ffair Rhos has drifted down the valleys to Aberystwyth. Hazy today and smell of smoke in the air.

Not what we usually get in April in West Wales, but we can expect more in a warming world.
View of university campus buildings, hills in background. Blue sky with distinct brown haze on skyline. View over university buildings towards Aberystwyth town and coastline, Pen Dinas hillfort on left of image. Clear blue sky but a distinct brownish haze on the skyline
April 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Cracking day for a trip to Ireland...off to Killarney with our second year geographers and environmental scientists
A view of Fishguard harbour, calm water. Large passenger ferry and breakwater in the background. Blue sky, a few clouds.
March 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The submerged forest at Borth was spectacular today.
Sandy beach at low tide with exposed peat bed in the foreground. A tree trunk lies embedded within the peat Beach with large exposure of peat beds, tree stumps are scattered throughout. Sand dunes and hills in the background, blue sky with some cloud. View of a sandy beach with sand dunes and hills in the background. Sky is blue with some cloud. In the foreground, in a shallow tidal pool there is an exposure of pale grey clay with a thin covering of dark brown peat on top.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM