Book Review: Hafren: The Wisdom Of The River Severn By Sarah Siân Chave

"A meditation on the life of a mighty river flowing through the heart of a great island nation."

#BookReview by @GrrlScientist

#Hafren #RiverSevern #memoir #books #Nonfiction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/03/26/book-review-hafren-the-wisdom-of-the-river-severn-by-sarah-sin-chave/

Book Review: Hafren: The Wisdom Of The River Severn By Sarah Siân Chave

"A meditation on the life of a mighty river flowing through the heart of a great island nation."

#BookReview by @grrlscientist

#Hafren #RiverSevern #memoir #books #Nonfiction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/03/26/book-review-hafren-the-wisdom-of-the-river-severn-by-sarah-sin-chave/

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 10952 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | a solitary giant stands in an ancient field | limbs lost in long forgotten storms | tracery of shadows passes

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///shade.once.exits

in history's shade
once in its prime it stood, now
bit by bit exits

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #riversevern @walctogether #slomo

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 10952 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | approaching low tide, breeze blown grasses on exposed banks | trees and flotsam discarded where fast waters chose

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///nips.mornings.input

strong wind nips my flesh
such joy on mornings like this
cold winter's input

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #riversevern @walctogether #slomo

Here's me and my brother circa 1980 for #ThrowbackThursday and this would have been a stop at a service station before passing over the Severn Bridge into dark and scary Wales en route to a ferry crossing from Fishguard or Holyhead to Ireland to visit family.

#Photography #TBT #RiverSevern #SevernBridge #Wales #Ireland #1980s #80s #Eighties

"do you see yourself ever living anywhere else?"

"nope"

#HomeTownGlory #WorcesterUK #Photography #RiverSevern #WorcesterCathedral #WorcestershireTourism #Worcestershire #WorcestershireWalks #HappyHappyJoyJoy

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 9352 paces between 2 bridges | shapes formed by tidal flows | lagan interrupts its long journey | heron's guilty footprints

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///unclaimed.sunk.awaiting

how much goes unclaimed?
history sunk in tidal mud
awaiting finders

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #afonhafren #riversevern #sabrina @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 9352 paces between 2 bridges | in the mud remnants of wooden putchers | in the sky, traffic rumbles | in the rocks, history lingers

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///major.charging.unloaded

this major event
when spring tides come charging in
sea's gifts unloaded

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #afonHafren #riversevern #sabrina @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 9352 paces between 2 bridges | geese fly silhouetted against the river | rocks made from deserts | from where icons sailed

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///shining.pack.shudders

on shining wet mud
where waders pack together
bridge support shudders

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #afonHafren #riversevern #sabrina @walctogether