The journey is often defined by its opposites and the implication of the range within; night and day, north and south, fresh water and the sea, traveling and staying still. On the first day in Shetland the brightness of the sunshine had a clarity made more intense by the thick snow clouds and squalls that followed. In Wales I knew that the lush secluded world beside the Mawdach River was even more beautiful because that morning I had seen the vastness of the forest from the mountain above. The end of a day only intensifies the dawn that is to follow.
HCW