Llanwrthwl

Looking straight down the 180 foot face of the Claerwen dam to the Afon Claerwen far below. This is the newest and biggest of the Elan Valley dams, and when the water is flowing over the top it is truly spectacular. It was a good thing I had a firm hold of Monty whilst I was taking these shots from the parapet at the top of the dam, because he decided he wanted to look as well and could have done a flier!

The final rays of sunlight break through the clouds before the stormy weather closed in over Gorllwyn. For those of you who don't know it, Gorllwyn is the eastern top of a high plateau in Mid Wales that is fetchingly described in Walkhighlands as a 'Wild and vast area of peat bogs'. It was cold and very windy with frequent showers of snow and hail. You won't be surprised to learn I didn't see anyone else up there....