{"id":16037,"date":"2022-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=16037"},"modified":"2022-05-12T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:32:34","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2022\/05\/05\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>There <\/strong><strong>are few greater joys in life than to find yourself on the sun-warmed banks of a river in mid-May.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">At this bountiful time of year, between the fervour of spring and idle days of summer, the water\u2019s margins billow with great masses of buttery meadowsweet and bedstraw.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Butterflies take to the wing, herons stalk, and all the while the river gently glugs. Our canals and lakes deliver a similar sense of peace.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This booklet is a celebration of our waterways and the creatures that live among them \u2013 10 magical walks, from the shores of Loch Oich in Scotland to the quiet towpaths of the Mon and Brec Canal in Wales and England\u2019s iconic River Thames.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Each of these walks is best experienced slowly, so take your time, breathe it all in, and feel the force of nature lift your soul.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/04\/b19c8d19-2704-410a-bb29-991aceb9fb75.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-16036\" width=\"66\" height=\"81\"\/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Daniel Graham is 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