Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Sunnydale, Wales

Bad weather for flies (thankfully), when it stopped raining they headed straight for the nearest walker to harass them.
A rare break in the clouds, quick snap before it disappeared!
Me looking really happy with the low cloud. Snowdon will have to wait until next year..

Thunder Cats

More north Wales pics, with heavy and persistant rain hampering most plans we visited Conwy mountain zoo. It seemed pretty good for the most part, with a few sad sights, but the big cat enclosures were good compared to some I've seen.



Snow Leopard.


Friday, August 22, 2008

North Wales trip

Just back from camping in north wales, the tent just about held up to the amount of rain that lashed down upon it!



Good weather for ducks, rust and waterfalls.


More pics to follow...

Monday, August 11, 2008

Urbanography

I fancied a change from bugs, deers and rolling hills at the weekend, swapping them for gritty decaying urban scenes...







... and Pulteney Bridge in Bath, which I guess is kind of posh urban.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Close Encounters

I managed to get up close with a wild deer on thursday, sneaking up through a wood to within just a few meters, it was a great moment - especially as the deer wasn't even bothered about me even when it noticed me.

Young fawn hiding in a corn field.




Plus a few macro bugs (again).

Rescue Dogs

Apologies for the info-less post below, I guess I was in a rush. The dogs are Newfoundland water rescue dogs who show a natural instinct to save people who get in trouble at sea. Often used by fishing boats, there are many tales of fishermen being saved by their dogs who are capable of pulling people to safety. It was great to see them loving their work so much.



Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Grand Pier, Weston Super Mare

As a small tribute to the Grand Pier at Weston, which burned down last night, I've found some old photos I took in 2007.

I really hope they can afford to rebuild the structure like they did back in the 1930's after the first fire.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Ere be dragons.

I was out and about absorbing some of the sun that was blasting down over the weekend. Bit too hot for my liking, but lots of insects were out enjoying it.
Deer in a corn field, she ran up the field and was joined by 2 small fawns who were hiding further up.

Dragonflies galore..







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My feeble attempts at photographing flying dragonflies - which is probably easier than you might imagine, but still damn hard. Cue blurry, out of focus shots...