A Genius Loci field journey · From 13 September 2026
Walk with me
into the
borderlands.
Offa’s Dyke, from Hay-on-Wye to Llangollen.
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Montgomery · From my 2022 visit · © Andy Marshall
HAY-ON-WYE → LLANGOLLEN · The Welsh Marches
PHOTOGRAPHS · WATERCOLOURS · FIELD NOTES
Follow at your own pace
A little further from the everyday
Leave a window
open to the world.
This September, I’m walking through the heart of Offa’s Dyke country with my camera and sketchbook. From your desk, your favourite chair or a quiet corner of the day, you can come along.
Open the map. Wander through the photographs. Pause over a watercolour. See the places that stop me in my tracks, as the journey unfolds.
The way north
Follow the line.
Find the unexpected.
Hill paths and old market towns. Churches, earthworks and aqueducts. A landscape where the stories of England and Wales meet, overlap and mingle.
- 01A map to followSee how the places connect, then linger wherever your curiosity takes you.
- 02A photographer’s eyeWide horizons, small details and the changing light—with photographs, watercolours and notes from the road.
- 03Your company along the wayLeave a comment, share a thought or simply follow quietly. You are very welcome.
Hay-on-Wye → Llangollen
An impression of the journey · September 2026
The pleasure of looking closer
There is always
another story.
On an earlier visit to Montgomery, a chance turn led me from the streets into St Nicholas’s—and into a world of carved faces and half-hidden histories. That small thrill of discovery is what I hope to share with you.
For a taste of how a field journey unfolds, take a wander through my completed journey from Rudston to Lastingham.
Explore an earlier journeyAn invitation to come along
A different view
of your week.
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