If Saturday’s sunshine had lit any flickering flames of hope for a dry weekend they were well and truly dashed the following morning. All evening I’d been following the forecasts intently but they resolutely refused to lift a thick veil of rain from across South Wales. My only hope was Read more…
The wet West and cold East continue to do battle on the meteorological stage which, unfortunately for those of us who were hoping for a decent winter, means that the mild yet stormy conditions that have prevailed since new year are set to stay for at least the next few Read more…
I woke with shipwrecks on the brain Sunday morning which isn’t as unusual for me as it might sound. With another gorgeous day forecast and a very low tide mid afternoon I decided a fourth attempt at photographing the City of Bristol wreck in Rhossili bay was definitely the way Read more…
Last Sunday brought with it a huge swing in temperature from around minus seven to plus ten, all in less than twenty four hours. The snow of the previous day seemed a lifetime away as we once again drove towards Rhossili on Gower, catching sight of a Buzzard on its Read more…
Following on from a couple of posts ago where I included a picture of a huge sheet of ice stretching across Rhossili beach, I have a few more pictures to share showing the unusual conditions. The first one is the view looking towards Burry Holmes from the vicinity of the Read more…
The day after returning from Newquay I found myself back on familiar ground at Rhossili beach on the Gower Peninsular. My girlfriends parents were down for the weekend which actually coincided with a rare bit of good weather. Not going to the beach would have been plain rude and I Read more…
The last few posts have been very bird focused so I spent yesterday evening researching a couple of photographs that I had taken during the recent low tides on Rhossili beach. As you can see below the subject isn’t particularly glamorous but it was interesting for me as I was Read more…
Given that Gower is such a well photographed location, it is often a challenge to try and find a viewpoint or angle that hasn’t been done to death. A recent low tide presented such an opportunity to me as I was exploring Burry Holms at the north end of Rhossili Read more…