A winter's walk, January 2015, part 3 - countryside views

So we reach the third and final installment about last weekend's walk, which took me in a circuit around the villages of Dyffryn, St Nicholas and St Lythan's in the Vale of Glamorgan, through fields and woods. It had rained heavily during the week, so it was muddy underfoot, but the day itself was glorious and the countryside absolutely beautiful - here are some of the photos I took along the way, starting with this lovely view across the fields near Tinkinswood.

This is the river Waycock, I believe.

I really love seeing trees in winter - bare branches against a pale sky, so stark and dramatic

The walk took me through Coed Nant Bran, a lovely little woodland near St Lythan's - although it is probably easier to navigate when the stream running through it isn't flooded!