One of my first photos of 2026. Walking the dog down to Diamond Park, I stood in awe of snow clouds swooping down into an otherwise fine day over James Street. There is something impalpable about that sense that snow […]
I think the arrival of snow during the festive period holds such a special place for us because we’ve spent our lives being shown the ‘Christmas image’ — the Victorian Christmas scenes or snow-covered Americana of the Christmas movies we […]
Here’s Caehopkin looking like a winter wonderland. It’s so difficult to get pleasing snow photos in our country. It snows so infrequently and when it does, more often than not its accompanied by overcast skies. It’s more about luck than […]
Its the time of the year when the media starts whipping up weather stories using increasingly hysterical terms like ‘snow bomb’ or ‘beast’. But we still find ourselves wondering if we’re going to see snow before the year is out. […]
Another JPEG off my old phone so not the best it could be, but I wanted to share as I love the scene so much. Taken on the forestry trails around Nant Helen, between Caehopkin and Ystradgynlais on New Year’s […]
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 […]
A run of cold days this week with snow arriving in Ystradgynlais on the Wednesday and causing carnage on Brecon Road. Come Friday the thaw was in progress and the skies lit up like fire on the way home. I […]
Waking to snow, I packed my rucksack and headed out into it. Up onto Cycle Route 43, then through the forestry on the edge of Nant Helen open cast mine, all the way to Caehopkin. Whilst overcast when I set […]
It’s Sunday 10th December, the first of my two consecutive days off from the day job. I lie reading in my bedroom, watching snowflakes flutter down onto the front gardens and carefully manicured lawns in my cul-de-sac. It’s a snow […]
