<p>A quarantine exercise walk around the common of Gwaun Cae Gurwen and a discussion of medieval transhumance, drovers, miners, strikes, Churchill and what happens to mining village after the mines close.  With a reading of my poem 'Dark prism' that covers this ground.</p>

A quarantine exercise walk around the common of Gwaun Cae Gurwen and a discussion of medieval transhumance, drovers, miners, strikes, Churchill and what happens to mining village after the mines close. With a reading of my poem 'Dark prism' that covers this ground.

<p>A quarantine exercise walk around the common of Gwaun Cae Gurwen and a discussion of medieval transhumance, drovers, miners, strikes, Churchill and what happens to mining village after the mines close. &nbsp;With a reading of my poem 'Dark prism' that covers this ground.</p>

Coal, drovers and common land

How can we catch the essence of a place? Psychogeographers would say by walking around, soaking up the fragments of stories and facts, the moods and meditations they occasion. In this podcast poet Martin Locock explores parts of Wales, weaving together archaeology, history and the experience of urban spaces. He also ponders on the validity of psychogeography as a method,

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Coal, drovers and common land

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