BlogExploring Cwmorthin Slate Mine
October 18, 2015
The disused, Victorian, Cwmorthin Slate Mine is in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, UK. It comprises of many miles of tunnels which are mostly between 100-150 years old....
Read the Full Post »
The Falls at Furnace, mid-west Wales, UK
October 18, 2015
This beautiful waterfall tumbles down the river Ystrad Einion, at Furnace in Wales. A furnace had been built here immediately downstream of this waterfall in the mid 1700...
Read the Full Post »
Car Graveyard buried in Gaewern Slate Mine, Wales
October 12, 2015
Car Graveyard buried in Gaewern Slate Mine, Wales Last week I was in Wales photographing disused slate mines.
This huge pile of old classic cars was dumped into the disu...
Read the Full Post »
A Winter Coat for Droitwich Lido
September 08, 2015
Droitwich Lido gets its winter coat After the last swim of the season the staff at Droitwich Lido pulled the covers over the pool closing it for the winter....
Read the Full Post »
Droitwich Lido summer season is ending - will the Lido re-open next year?
September 06, 2015
The summer season is coming to an end and the staff at the beautiful Droitwich Lido are about to pull the cover over the pool and close it’s doors for the winter. These p...
Read the Full Post »
Ystrad Einion Copper Mine
September 01, 2015
Ystrad Einion copper mine Ystrad Einion copper mine is at Cwm Einion (artists valley) near the village of Furnace, not far from Aberystwyth, mid-west Wales. Mining began...
Read the Full Post »
The Waterfalls- Ystradfellte
December 13, 2014
The Waterfalls - Ystradfellte. In Black and White. The classic waterfall walk at Ystradfellte twists a narrow, rough route through wooded mountain sides to spectacular wa...
Read the Full Post »
Tower Bridge
December 11, 2014
Tower Bridge
Although I have lived in London for many years I still love to see Tower Bridge opening.
Tower bridge was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by The Prince o...
Read the Full Post »
Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum, London
December 09, 2014
Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum, London
As I live near the Natural History Museum in London, I decided to take a look at skaters having fun on the large ice...
Read the Full Post »
Autumnal
December 06, 2014
Autumnal In the Isabella Plantation a pile of exotic leaves had been left to rot down over the winter....
The Isabella Plantation, in Richmond Park, was planted in the 1...
Read the Full Post »
Ogof Capel
December 04, 2014
Ogof Capel is a cave in the Clydach Gorge, South Wales, the cave passes under the Heads of the Valleys Road. It’s a richly decorated cave with straw, helictite and crysta...
Read the Full Post »
Wokingham woodlands
December 02, 2014
Testing the FujiFilm X-E1 camera Wokingham woodlands near Reading was the location I used to test a new camera – the FujiFilm X-E1, a mirrorless SLR style camera with an...
Read the Full Post »
Sgwd Isaf Clwn-gwyn falls
November 09, 2014
Sgwd Isaf Clwn-Gwyn falls It was late afternoon when I arrived the Sgwd Isaf Clwn-Gwyn falls on the River Mellte in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales, overcast with frequen...
Read the Full Post »
The River Mellte
November 04, 2014
The River Mellte
Mellte is the Welsh word for ‘Lightning’, and the river is believed to have got it’s name because of the speed at which the water rises and falls in res...
Read the Full Post »
Perilous Truck
November 03, 2014
Perilous Truck My New Welsh Calendar for 2015 is available to buy now at www.h2ophotography.photoshelter.com £11 +p+p A rusting, broken truck that had once hauled state o...
Read the Full Post »
|