Six years ago, I fell in love with this view while staying overnight for the first time in Ystradgynlais. Many a time I see sunsets down the valley, but usually from road level. This afternoon, I happened to be in […]
After posting a shot of Caio Forest the other day, I went delving for some more forest photos and found this one of Brechfa Forest in early December in my archives. I think forests are my favourite places to wander. […]
Oh – my – goodness, it’s fresh out this morning. This one’s from a couple of years ago (the 30 sign is a giveaway), but pretty similar to how it looked this morning. I love seeing the mountain glowing while […]
Diamond Park, Ystradgynlais yesterday afternoon. Amazing I actually had a chance to take some photos in between wrangling our foster pup and trying to stop my daughter from running off. Nearly 7 years living in Ystrad, yet I could count […]
I do not get down to the Gorsedd Park in Ystradgynlais often enough — even though I spend most of my life just around the corner. I don’t think I caught it at autumn’s peak, but there were still some […]
I’ve got to be honest, I feel a little self-conscious standing in the supermarket car park taking photos. Cracking sky – no wonder with today’s weather – I must have seen about eight rainbows. Nearly forgot the milk though! Tesco, […]
It’s been rather unsettled recently, so sunsets have been pretty dramatic. I love the moody sky and the way the low sun down the valley is catching the edge of the house. Station Road, Ystradgynlais.
Lovely cool tones with the dragon’s breath down the valley this morning.
Cracking skies up at Llyn Rhosamman this week — not quite as spectacular sunset as I’d hoped, but still good. Weather turned halfway round the lake. Worth it for big skies. East Pit / Llyn Rhosamman, Cwmllynfell
I took a July evening walk from Station Road up to ‘the machine’, along the hillside to Penrhos and down through the woodlands at the side of Nant Helen. Nothing quite like being in woodland during golden hour. Ystradgynlais, Wales, […]
There’s a special kind of tranquility that settles over the world just before dawn. Before my daughter made her grand entrance, these early morning excursions were my cherished ritual. I’d slip out of the house while the world still slept, […]
I stumbled across this one in my collection recently and was surprised I hadn’t done anything with it in three years. A quick edit, and I can now see why I took the shot in the first place. Ystradfawr Nature […]
I spent a few months living in Drefach Felindre — a lovely village nestled in the wilds of west Carmarthenshire, about half an hour from Carmarthen and Cardigan. To get there from Carmarthen you take A484 north west through the […]
Back in April 2016, I led a Meetup.com walking group on a circular route starting from Carreg Cennen Castle car park, through countryside and up onto the edge of the Brecon Beacons before heading back down to the base of […]
This is a throwback to Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais in 2020 and looks quite different now due to the Persimmon Maes Y Rhos development which now stands where those vehicles are parked. Another example of how there can be so much […]
September shot by in a flash. Life is just so insanely busy at the moment due to several factors — my two-year old waking early in the morning, my partner having major surgery, and the day job just isn’t getting […]
Right now it feels like summer has departed, and autumn is having a crack at the year early. Horse chestnut leaves are already on the turn, and that familiar morning chill is back. I noticed the sun trying to make […]
It’s utterly insane what good results you can get from phone cameras now. The Sony Xperia 5 MkV can shoot RAW. This means you have what the sensor picks up, not the way the software wants to resolve that in […]
Tail end of February. Noticeably longer days. Not quite so good for catching sunsets on the way home from work, but skies still impressive.
0°c at 4am dropping to -2.5°c by 7am. A dry, frosty morning. I absolutely love this view looking down the valley on mornings like this. Cold mist, golden light on the trees. The sun is low and the hills of […]
