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Ynyslas

The beach at Ynyslas

I have spent a couple of evenings at the coast recently, which is something I almost never do. Partly as a result of spending too many summers in Cornwall, the Cambrian coast doesn’t really do it for me. Having said that, I did find some promising locations that I’d like to come back to when [...]

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Nant Cletwr is very beautiful

Nant Cletwr, Powys, Wales

I like photographing water and so it tends to feature strongly in my images. It is the force that has shaped and given life to these moorlands for thousands of years and I feel it is the element through which they can be expressed and understood. The showery weather of March and April is in [...]

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Source of the Severn

The Source of the Severn

I must admit, I’ve been quite enjoying what the media seem to have termed the “Big Freeze”, and this afternoon I decided to take a trip up the Severn Way to the source of the Severn. From this small peaty pool, marked with a single wooden post, the river Severn begins a course of over [...]

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The top of the falls

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Around a month or so either side of the winter solstice, the rising sun finds its way straight up the small valley behind the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. The valley itself is unremarkable, and the single track road that undulates and twists its way along the northern flanks would be little used without the secret that [...]

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Transient Midwinter

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We don’t seem to get much snow in southern Britain these days and, when we do, it never seems to stay for long. I try not to miss the opportunity to photograph it when it happens. The chance comes surprisingly early this year as late October brings a fleeting snowfall, covering the hills for a [...]

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