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LOCAL WONDERS OF NATURE

I write this while the country is in the Covid-19 enforced lockdown. Living in the Brecon Beacons, feeling the wind in my hair and the freedom of the hills has become a great pleasure to me – one that has felt central to my wellbeing and sense of self in recent years.

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