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Looking down on Aber Mawddach ( Mawddach Estuary ) from below Foel Ispri as the sun was setting behind the ridge above Abermaw ( Barmouth ). On the left in the background is the western end of the Cadair Idris ridge with the darker ridge of Pared y cefn-hir in front.
Spent a great few hours photographing up here last evening in the company of a good friend Myfyr Tomos, diolch Myfyr.
From the Ceredigion Coast Path, south of Aberystwyth. Maybe sunshine makes everything look lovely at this time of year?
Fluffy and aerodynamic enough to go from Scotland to Wales?
Another cat from Purrple Cat Café in Glasgow.
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Pensaer / Architect: R.J.Withers - 1864-6
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The Grade I Listed Conwy Castle built between 1283 and 1289 during King Edward I's second campaign in Wales. In Conwy, Conwy County, North Wales.
It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and managed by Cadw. It is also part of the World Heritage Site entitled Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd. The Castle was built along with the Town Walls at the combined cost of £15,000, (approximately £7.6 million in today's money).
Before the English construction of the town of Conwy, the site was occupied by Aberconwy Abbey, a Cistercian monastery favoured by the Welsh princes. The site also controlled an important crossing point over the river Conwy between the coastal and inland areas of North Wales and was defended for many years by Deganwy Castle.
The English kings and Welsh princes had vied for control of the region since the 1070s and the conflict had been renewed during the 13th century, leading to Edward I intervening in North Wales for the second time during his reign in 1282.
Edward invaded with a huge army, pushing north from Carmarthen and westwards from Montgomery and Chester. Edward captured Aberconwy in March 1283 and decided that the location would form the centre of a new county: the abbey would be relocated eight miles inland and a new English castle and walled town would be built on the monastery's former site.
The ruined castle of Deganwy was abandoned and never rebuilt. Edward's plan was a colonial enterprise and placing the new town and walls on top of such a high-status native Welsh site was in part a symbolic act to demonstrate English power.
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Stones are poised as mountains crumble. Lichens etch them. Adits in the hill behind sought gold, & found it.
Debating chamber of the Welsh Parliament, seen through glass from the public viewing gallery. Designed by architects Richard Rogers Partnership and opened in 2006.
A tiny section (approx 1 - 1.5cm) of the Wales flag bunting that adorns my hallway, in anticipation of this year’s 6 Nations rugby. Come on Wales! A blend of 3 exposures taken with a vintage 50mm Pentax-M lens reverse mounted on to my canon.
"C'est magnifique ! Quelle atmosphère intrigante, un peu dramatique et merveilleuse à la fois !" // "That's magnificent ! Such an intriguing atmosphere, a bit dramatic and wondrous at the same time." (Françoise KERVAREC / www.flickr.com/photos/cachemaille/)
"Beautiful composition with great clouds." (Bill GRACEY / www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/)
behind St. Davids Cathedral
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Snowdonia with Tryfan mountain in the background, North Wales, UK.
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The late 13th century castle at Harlech, built in the reign of Edward I and one of four castles in North Wales to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. HDR image processed in Lightroom.
Wales forever
View from Portmeirion to the mouth of the river Dwyryd, opposite the village of Talsarnau (Ardudwy), GwyneddWales, United Kingdom 19.04.2014
Wales für immer
Blick von Portmeirion auf die Mündung des Flusses Dwyryd, gegenüber das Dorf Talsarnau (Ardudwy), Gwynedd
Wales, United Kingdom 19.04.2014