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On a cold and dark Worcestershire evening it seems a good idea to look back to a warm and pleasant evening at one of my very favourite places, Cregennen Lake near Dolgellau in Wales. It was still quite breezy, so the clouds were scudding over the mountains of the Tyrau Mawr (closest) and Cader Idris (in the distance).

By a way of a change from all that grey and green, here's a blue one! This one of my favourite places in Wales, Cregennen Lake, near Dolgellau in North Wales on a beautiful day. I had just come down from Cadair Idris, the hill on the right with it's head in the clouds. I decided to stop off by the lake just to sit and look for a while, before heading a mile or so downhill to my cousin's farm. Whilst sitting there some lovely Cirrus cloud developed in the centre of the view, and I managed to catch them before they disappeared again. I hope I have managed to convey the peace and beauty of this place, it is very special - even more so when you have it all to yourself!

Last trip out of the year, well I might sneak a shot or two of a certain lighthouse guarding the mouth of the Mersey...... I'll definitely have to pay this place another visit though..... Clouds though..............

A four shot panorama of Cregennen Lake on a windy day. Owned by the National Trust, this is a particularly special corner of North Wales.

No hope of a long exposure smoothing out the water!

The boathouse and hills at Llynnau Ctegennen in Snowdonia before the sunrises.

There are probably worse ways to start the day.......

Cregennen Lakes at sunrise

As you can see it's a touch burnt......A few days earlier someone did a (ahem) controlled burn but forgot to check the wind forecast.......Doh!