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Landscape photo of the Gorsedd Park in Ystradgynlais in autumn. Large maple leaves cover the ground as afternoon sun shines through the trees.
  • October 29, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Blog, Landscape Photography

Gorsedd Park, Ystradgynlais in Autumn

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 […]

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Landscape photo of sunset over Tesco car park in Ystradgynlais.
  • October 25, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Sunset at Tesco

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 […]

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Landscape photo of shower clouds passing over Station Road in Ystradgynlais at sunset.
  • October 20, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography, Uncategorized

Golden Hour in the Valley

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 […]

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  • September 30, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Dragon’s Breath Over Ystradgynlais

Lovely cool tones with the dragon’s breath down the valley this morning.

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  • August 31, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Sunset Over East Pit / Llyn Rhosamman

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 […]

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  • July 29, 2025
  • August 3, 2025
  • Chris
  • Blog, Walking

A July Evening Walk Up Penwyllt

My Tuesday evening jaunt with the lads from the rugby club sees me returning to walk Penwyllt — only my second time here (not including the short walk with my […]

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  • July 8, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Nant Helen Woods at Golden Hour

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 […]

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  • June 25, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Morning Light on the Line

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 […]

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  • June 11, 2025
  • June 11, 2025
  • Chris
  • Photoblog

Such a Peaceful Evening

Both my girls were exhausted and soon asleep and I had a few more chores to do before bed. Temperatures soared up to 23 today after a week of on/off […]

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  • April 28, 2025
  • April 29, 2025
  • Chris
  • Music

Regressor feat. Jakub Zytecki – Honey Bomb

Every once in a while, a track comes along that I know is an instant 5-star rating, and will reside on my permanent favourites playlist for years. Honey Bomb is […]

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  • April 26, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Misty Trail in Ystradfawr

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 […]

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  • April 20, 2025
  • October 26, 2025
  • Chris
  • Photoblog

Bistrot Pierre

I’m a photographer. It’s perfectly normal to photograph the ceiling when I’m having a meal out.

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  • April 16, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Autumn on the A484

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 […]

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  • April 14, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Pools of Spring Sunshine Near Carreg Cennen

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 […]

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An empty road runs down hill with deciduous trees on both sides on the cusp of bearing spring foliage. In the distance the Cribarth ridge lies in haze.
  • April 11, 2025
  • April 11, 2025
  • Chris
  • Blog

There’s so much to do… and not enough time to do it

There is no possible way I could say I’m in a creative funk at the moment. No, I suffer from the opposite in that I’ve got so many ideas, so […]

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  • March 15, 2025
  • April 12, 2025
  • Chris
  • Blog

Ubuntu on Lenovo X250

I bought a Lenovo X250 laptop, refurbished with Windows 11 off eBay last year. It all seemed fine. I added an internal battery, and a high capacity removable battery to […]

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The sun sets over houses in Ystradgynlais
  • March 7, 2025
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Sunset on Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais

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 […]

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Screenshot of Clippings.io website
  • March 5, 2025
  • June 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Productivity, Reading

I’m in book-highlighting heaven with Clippings.io

I’m in book-highlighting heaven with Clippings.io As a voracious reader of ebooks, I’ve found immense value in highlighting passages of interest when I’m reading. Highlighting passages allows me to collect […]

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  • October 12, 2024
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Misty Autumn Sunrise Over Nant Helen

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 […]

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  • August 28, 2024
  • December 5, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Dawn Rain on Brecon Road

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 […]

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