Category: River-Teifi

Nothing’s solid here; all’s sketched and coloured in shifting tones of water and light.

Jim Perrin, The Rivers of Wales

Which tempted our attempt, and wrought our fall

John Milton, Paradise Lost

Meander if you want to get to town

Michael Ondaatje

…not as into a pool, stagnant, passive, motionless, but as a noble river that received its tributary waters and bears them onward in larger and statelier volume

Johannes Brahms

Rivers are texts by which are expressed the land’s folklore, its mythology, the culture of the people, the character of each region, even the harm done to our landscapes.

Jim Perrin, The Rivers of Wales