21-Aug-2021
SUNSET VIEW
From the Great Orme headland at Llandudno.
21-Aug-2021
LLYN Y DYWARCHEN
Dilek, my son's fiancee, at the tiny fishing lake, Llyn y Dywarchen. This secret little gem is set
amid dramatic scenery. A few steps through a gate in the stone wall and suddenly you will see a stunning view across the lake with Snowdon in the distance. It is a very beautiful and peaceful place, in fact it was nominated by the public as one of the 60 Wonders of Snowdonia.
21-Aug-2021
NANTLLE VALLEY
A now sparsely populated glacial valley running between Rhyd Ddu and the coast.
Roofing slates excavated at the nearby Roman fort of Segontium, originated from the valley and by the eighteenth century, Cilgwyn quarry was well-known for its brightly red slates.Unlike the larger enterprises run in the area, the slate quarries situated in Nantlle were run independently and on a much smaller scale, but the valley was still one of the world-leading producers of slate in the nineteenth century. The open cast mining and innovative transportation systems they used were of great interest to mining engineers from France and Germany who repeatedly visited the quarries from the 1850s up to the 1880s and took detailed notes to encourage the installation of similarly efficient systems in their home nations, an early form of industrial espionage!
08-AUG-2009
A 561
WINNER : My Locality/Ashurst/Sunflower Field gallery
11-OCT-2011
WINNER : MY LOCALITY/SUSSEX PRAIRIES GARDEN GALLERY
Colourful tub displays on the teashop terrace.
24-APR-2007.
A BUNCTON CHAPEL 1145
WINNER : CHURCHES,CHAPELS & CATHEDRALS UK GALLERY
All Saints......a tiny chapel, serving a hamlet of a farm and a few houses, near Wiston. Designated as a 'chapel-of-ease', it was not allowed a font, steeple or, originally a bell...although a small belltower was eventually permitted. Reached only by a footpath through a wooded dell and surrounded by fields, a service is held there monthly.
Built in 1150, although there are records of a previous church on site from 791 AD.
A Grandad, Mum & Aunts 1920 842
On a trip on the mail boat around the Falkland Islands, where they lived. The skipper was a friend of my Grandad, George Jay. My Mother is the baby.
18-JUN-2009
A SEA KALE 499
On the Shoreham Beach Nature Reserve
