• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Offa's Dyke Path: Bwlch Penbarras to Llandegla

  Stage three of our long distance hike presented us with a nine-mile hike to the mountain-bike friendly village of Llandegla. Finally, unlike the first two stages, storms Ciara…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #blog • 4 years ago

  Flint MTB Park - From pipe dream to reality

  I was asked this week if I would like to help convert some local wooded wasteland into a new mountain bike track. This golden opportunity came about when a friend of mine…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Offa's Dyke Path: Bodfari to Bwlch Penbarras

  Leg two to our long distance hike is familiar territory. The ten mile route takes us from the village of Bodfari and up onto the line of hills that span North East Wales, known…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  The Eddie

  On most of the world's river's the changing of the tide is hardly noticed. The transition from ebb to flood and back again is gentle and often slow, rising only a few feet and…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Offa's Dyke Path: Prestatyn to Bodfari

  Running the entire length of Wales is a huge ancient ditch. The ditch, known as a dyke, spans 182 miles from Prestatyn in the north to the English town of Chepstow in the south…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Local Histories

  I've been captivated this week by the lifelong work of Alan Wilson. Wilson, a Welsh historical researcher claims to have evidence that reveals the first ancient people of Wales…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  South Stack Lighthouse

  Just a quick one with some more shots discovered on the long lost SD card. A nice early morning visit to South Stack whilst visiting some ancient burial sites nearby. An…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Blue/Golden Hour

  Whenever I try to sort through some old things I regularly get distracted by small nuggets of nostalgia that I've hoarded over the years. Whether they be old photo's, ticket…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Dolgarrog & Llyn Eigiau

  I'll be honest, it's been a struggle to drag myself away from the warmth of the house lately but today I finally gave myself the kick I needed and got myself up in the mountains…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  The Bollam

  In late spring 1940, almost half a million allied soldiers were backed into a corner by the might and aggression of the advancing German army. Abandoning tanks and supplies, they…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Rhiwbach Quarry

  Isolated from the surrounding beauty of Snowdonia national park in North Wales is the old mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Due to it's ugly, industrial reputation, it is…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #blog • 4 years ago

  Helping or Harming?

  I'm the type of person that rescues spiders out of the bath tub or ushers trapped flies back outside again. I always have been and I assumed I always would be. Until, that is…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Cwm Prysor Viaduct

  I've been snatching every opportunity to get outside lately. I get two weeks off over the holidays as the factory where I work shuts down for annual maintenance. Susceptible to…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #hiking • 4 years ago

  Boxing day on the Alwen

  We usually attack this trail on the mountain bikes, but today, with bellies still full of Christmas nosh, we opted for a nice gentle stroll in the mist around the Alwen reservoir…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Trig Art

  Scattered across the British countryside, as there are in many countries are hundreds of concrete triangulation pillars. Redundant skeletons of the original surveying methods of…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Capel Curig

  Capel Curig. The wettest place in Wales and one of the wettest places in the whole of the UK; according to the Met Office's measurement of annual rainfall. However, at the…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Moel Fenlli

  There were lots of Sunday walkers out today so I opted for a neglected trail heading up to the peak of Moel Fenlli, avoiding the crowds and going somewhere I hadn't been for a…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #hiking • 4 years ago

  Winter on the Carneddau

  The Carneddau mountains in North Wales are my favourite winter hiking spot. They are the most Northerly of Snowdonia National Park's mountain ranges and cover around 200 square…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #photography • 4 years ago

  Tryfan, North Ridge

  The North ridge of Tryfan, in North Wales is probably the most sought after scramble in the UK. It has been voted by Trail Magazine as Britain's favourite mountain and was…

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• x-53degreesnorth (62)in #blog • 4 years ago

  Gwynfynydd Gold mine

  I've attempted to gain access to this mine twice. Once successfully. And once this morning, unsuccessfully. Everything was going swimmingly as we arrived at Coed-y-Brenin…

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