Blog30 new postcards for the New Inn's shop, Ystradfellte, Wales
May 27, 2016
Here are the postcards that I have had printed for Kathy, at the New Inn in Ystradfellte.
I'm really excited about these cards, they have been beautifully printed and lo...
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Caver exploring Cwmorthin Slate mine
May 26, 2016
Caver Peter Hamilton dangling over a deep shaft in Cwmorthin Slate mine, near Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pete was sliding along a metal wire using a pulley, attached to the harn...
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Maen Llia Ancient Standing Stone
May 05, 2016
Maen Llia Ancient Standing Stone. Cathy from the New Inn pub in Ystradfellte, is opening a gift shop and had asked me to produce a number of postcards for her and other g...
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Star trails over the River Ceou, France
April 14, 2016
Star Trails - River Céou, south-western France.
A few nights ago, at mid-night I was standing on a bridge over the River Céou at Castelnaud-la-Chapelle in south west Fra...
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Star Lit Bramshill Lakes
March 16, 2016
I returned to Bramhill Lake to further explore it photographically. This time the moon was in the west and throwing a wonderful cool, soft light over the landscape. Unlik...
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Bramshill Lake
March 15, 2016
Star lit Bramshill Lake
The Bramshill Lakes, near Wokingham, Reading, were created as a result of gravel extraction and are surrounded by forest. A few nights ago the sk...
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Paddling the rising Thames
March 14, 2016
Three paddlers left Barn Elms, near Putney, paddling to the White Swan pub, opposite Eel Pie Island, nine miles up river. The weather forecast was for heavy rain and as w...
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SRT (Single Rope Technique) practice.
March 02, 2016
SRT (Single Rope Technique) practice.
Last Friday I photographed caver Neil Montgomery practicing SRT techniques on Dinas Rock in Brecon, South Wales. SRT is used for...
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Exploring the Cave of the Black Spring
March 02, 2016
Caving in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave - cave of the Black Spring. OFD is inside a mountain at Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales and has over 50 kilometers of...
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"The Nave" formations in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave.
February 29, 2016
This spectacular formation is known as "the Nave" in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, a cave inside the mountains surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley, South Wales. I visite...
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Klondyke Mill
November 05, 2015
Klondyke Mill is near Trefriw in north Wales. It was constructed in 1900 and was an ore processing mill, built to receive ore from the near-by Pandora mine. But the mine...
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Calendar 2016
November 04, 2015
This year's Welsh Mine's Calendar for 2016 has just arrived on my door-mat, from the printer.
It is an A4 booklet style calendar, which opens out to A3 and features a se...
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The Classic Car Graveyard - Gaewern Slate Mine
October 27, 2015
Gaewern Slate Mine near Corris, mid-west Wales was first mined in the 1800's and closed in 1970. It is a maze of huge black chambers, one of which was used as a car dump...
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Cae Defaid Slate Mine
October 27, 2015
Exploring Cae Defaid Slate Mine
Cae Defaid Slate Mine is South West of Bala, near Rhydymain and operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The upper part of the...
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Victorian Bore Hole
October 26, 2015
Victorian Bore Hole in Abercwmeiddaw slate mine, Wales
At Abercwmeiddaw slate mine, just a short distance from the village of Corris, we scrambled over an expansive du...
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