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Llyn Clywedog Reservoir

Llyn Clywedog is a man made reservoir situated in mid wales and was is formed by the Clywedog dam. The dam was built in 1965 and took 2 years to build. The damn regulates the flow of the river Severn […]

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Cornwall c.2013

Another from the archives, this is from a holiday to Cornwall in 2013. I was very much finding my feet with photography, most of these images from the holiday were so burry, but I managed to fish out the semi-decent […]

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Ironbridge, Shropshire

I’ve been looking through some old hard drives and have found an archive of images before I studied photography at A-level, it crazy to see how far I have come and would love to share to show the differences that […]

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Bredon Hill

Another lockdown means more contents from our weekly walks. This week we didn’t have a plan of where we were going, just got in the car and chose a direction. We ended up at Bredon Hill, which had an interesting […]

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Llanidloes Walk

Post Christmas calls for more walks to work off all those mince pies. This time we explored the welsh countryside of Llanidloes which is near the border of Wales and England. This was an extremely muddy walk as I almost […]

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Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral was originally called he Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, “the cathedral originated in the abbey of 681, the present building was dedicated in 1100“. This building is incredible beautiful with delicate Oolitic […]

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May Hill

This week we decided to explore May Hill, it has an unusual cluster of trees at the top that were planted to celebrate the Queens jubilee in 1977. This trek turned into quite the muddy one and we were not […]

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Crickley Hill

My partner and I decided to get some fresh air and explore more of the Gloucestershire hills, this weekend we chose Crickley Hill. Unfortunately it was quite a foggy day so we were unable to look over Cheltenham but we […]

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Lower Slaughter

A few weeks ago, my partners dad came to visit and told us about this little picturesque village not far from us. So we all hopped in the car and went to find it, after about half an our of […]

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A Walk Along the Canal

A few weeks ago my partner and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and take a stroll along the Gloucester canal. It seemed like others had the same idea as we passed families on walks and cyclists. […]

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Exploring Llanbedr’s Beaches

Amid the growing Coronavirus, I thought that it would be nice to spread a little happiness in all of this uncertainty, so please enjoy my account of camping with my family.   When on a family holiday a few years […]

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Little Market Town

Growing up in a small town has taught me a lot, mainly to be thankful of the small little town now that I have moved away to a bustling city that never sleeps. It makes you appreciate the little things, […]

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Climbing in Wyndcliff

Spent the weekend climbing up Wyndcliff and managed to get some fantastic photos! We managed to rig me up so that I can be alongside my fellow climbers and get some cool action shots. I am so happy with how […]

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New Year at Cleeve Hill

Happy New Year! I started the new year on top of Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire with my boyfriend watching the fireworks over Cheltenham. It was a truly beautiful experience. While we where up there, we were experimenting with different settings […]

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Exploring Panshanger Park

Panshanger park is owned by the company Tarmac, who are renovating the park back to health as it has been neglected for years by quarrying it’s resources. The Wildlife Trust website has more information on the history of the park […]

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