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| Ice just forming amid the reflections |
No fishermen today, but the temperature is freezing or below. No scraps of bread littering the footpath or floating on the water. Too cold for the casual walkers who regularly come to feed the wildlife, so the ducks look expectantly as we walk past. Guilt always grips me on these icy days, that I have nothing for them.
A few years ago I returned from the shop with a loaf of bread bought especially.
I love the bare trees and the reflections they make in the water. You can almost turn the image upside down and have the same result.
But last year was more picturesque !
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| Snow in winter 2011
When I was a child the canal iced over so thickly that we could walk on it. Most years it is only strong enough to hold the balls thrown by dogwalkers with a poor aim, and bottles and cans from the usual litter louts.
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After years of fighting by local people to preserve this area, progress seemed to be made a few months ago when Torfaen Council removed it from their Development Plan. Unfortunately a few weeks later Torfaen Council over-turned their decision and this beautiful green belt separating Cwmbran from Sebastopol, is once again at risk. To think in a few years we could possibly lose all this beauty under housing and tarmac roads, is upsetting.
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