A valley from the movies
18 May 2004

There was something about this valley that captured my imagination.

For a starter, we had climbed a few hundred feet up a hill just to get to the floor of this particular valley. It therefore had the feeling of being a 'valley in the heavens' and as such an almost magical or fantasy quality about it.

For those who have ever seen the old Sinbad the Sailor movies with the plastic model animations for the monsters, it was the kind of location you'd see in that. I could easily imagine a giant or a club-wielding cyclops stepping out from around the next corner.

A Lord of the Rings entourage would not have looked out of place here either.

Meantime, Kal found time to photograph one of the cows at close range and I got to enjoy an hours walk or so along a valley that could have been anywhere in the world and made me feel that I was right where I wanted to be, back in the adventurous and imaginative mind of my childhood maybe.

Take a look at the gallery images and see for yourself (images 13, 14 and 15). Having attended quite a few of these Seth Walks holidays now we seem to come across a few of these unusual and inspiring scenes.