Neil Harwood
Swallows and house martins flitted over the fields, plucking insects from the late summer sky. The wind had died down and the threatening water had calmed. Unbelievably, conditions seemed to have slowly swung round in my favour … surely now a trout would take an interest in my fly.
Little did I know it was the calm before the storm.
Neil Harwood reports on a fly fishing trip to Cray Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons …
The wind was so powerful that the map was torn in two in my hands. I realised that my planned hike would have to be drastically shortened. The incident also served as a potent reminder that, whatever the season, a mountain can always have the last word. Pen Y Fan Walk report by wildlife and travel writer Neil Harwood …
Outdoors and wildlife writer Neil Harwood visits Arlington Reservoir in East Sussex, England and discovers the beauty of springtime in the English countryside…