Country diary: Clinging to a crag in a place of constant change | Eben Muse

Neath, south Wales: This quarry built the abbey and the nearby terraced towns – and it’s different every time I visitThe way to Neath Abbey Quarry is a perfect stranger to me this morning. It’s been three years since my last visit, and the maze of the path has shifted; old tree trunks have turned to mulch and the brook carves a different channel. My companion and I shoulder big bouldering pads, poorly proportioned for tight manoeuvres, yet we bump, turn and pivot our way throug