Carneddau

I thought long and hard about which image I would use to mark the end of 2019, and I came up with this. The country has been in turmoil for years, but now definite decisions have been made - for good or ill. In my own life there were real ups and downs. You can make your own mind up about turning 60, but I'm sure everyone would agree that becoming a Grandad for the first time is pretty momentous! Little Robyn is already wrapping me round her tiny fingers, she is such a sweetie. So, water under the bridge seems the right choice this year, lets hope 2020 brings us better fortune. By the way, this particular ancient bridge is the remains of the Pont Pen y Benglog and carried the old coach road that was the forerunner of the A5. Thomas Telford's road bridge which passes over the top of the old bridge and built in the 19th century transformed travel in these parts.

Happy New Year to you all!

Here's a re-working of one from almost a year ago, that I spent a bit of time looking at with a certain Mr Waidson. We started the process of the re-work over a convivial couple of beers in his Man-cave, and it spurred me on to finish the job. Hope you like it. These are the top of the Ogwen falls in North Wales just by the A5, just after the outflow from Llyn Ogwen, with Tryfan in the background.

A return visit to a favourite spot, to meet up with friends Brad, Barb and Mark and have a wander about the famous Ogwen Valley in North Wales. Contrarty to forecasts, most of the day had a brilliant but cloudless blue sky, and we all know what that means for landscape photography.... However, towards the end of the day at least some light cloud started to appear to give the sky a bit of interest, and by then we had reached the very top of the Ogwen Falls, just underneath Thomas Telford's bridge that carries the A5.