WINTERS
IN MID-WALES - TEMPEST, FLOODS AND SNOW (OCCASIONALLY)! |
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This was the Burns' Day Storm of January, 1990, hammering Borth at high tide. I drove down past fallen trees, round a boat on its roof in the middle of the road and wedged myself between a lamp-post and the sea-front railings to get this.... |
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Sometime back then too: I was fascinated with the effects seen in breaking waves during really big seas. This was taken at the harbour at Aberystwyth... |
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Standing floodwater can make an interesting subject for photography, although the tricky bit is getting to a useable vantage-point! |
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A bit of sunlight helps though! This is part of Borth Bog after the Leri burst its banks in the Burns Day Storm, 1990. |
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This one's a bit "flary" but a clearance has arrived late on a winter's afternoon, meaning the shot of Machynlleth Station and the flooded valley beyond was taken straight into the sun. Road closed, railway open! |
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Onto more wintry things. This is Plynlimon from Hyddgen, mid 1990s. Two ways of describing this: a) The moorgrass gives texture to the foreground or b) I can almost hear it whispering in the wind. I prefer the latter! |
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March 1995 and a heavy overnight snowfall is followed by an "Alpine" day! This is taken from where I lived in the late 1990s, up above Machynlleth. |
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On Moel Fadian, between Machynlleth and Dylife, in the depths of winter, early 1990s - and it was bitterly cold up there, especially after sunset.... |
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Across the Dyfi Valley from the top of the Common. The ridge in the background is Tarrenhendre. March 1995. |
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February 2003: The top of Penygadair (Cadair Idris) from the upper slopes of Mynydd Pencoed, with the late afternoon sun illuminating the crags. |
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