Long Wall Wood Walk

The Winstanley Estate, long abandoned by the Bankes family, is known as Long Wall Wood where its boundary reaches public land.
Parts of the old wall still exist, though neglected and 'borrowed' in many places!

Olympus Stylus 1.

The Old Wall

Rainbow Fungus

Four Eyes Watching

Straight Silver Birch

Pond Reflection 

By The Stream

Arrow Reflection

Fern Wall

An Hour Before Sunset on Ashurst's Beacon

Why?

I travelled to the Beacon to take clear sky images late in the afternoon, but was freezing cold by the time I left, which was an hour before Sunset.

I'll make another trip to capture the sunset without having to wait two hours!


Fuji X-T1. 10-24mm and 35mm Fuji lenses.

Beacon Sun

Across the Lancashire Plain

Beacon Approach

Beacon To The Moon

Bright Beacon Gorse

Beacon Sunburst

Beacon Twilight

Sunny New Brighton

Josie and I appear to be doing a tour of the North West beaches at the moment, we headed through the Kingsway Tunnel under the Mersey and out onto the Wirral for today's trip.

Fuji X-E2, 10-24mm Fuji lens.

Sunny Blackpool

Josie and I took advantage of a beautiful sunny March day and decided to walk the Blackpool Promenade from its beginning at Squires Gate all the way to The Tower, a distance of almost 3.5 miles! It is flat and smooth all the way.

After a coffee break, we cheated, and in a first for both of us, caught the tram back to the terminus!!

We took some images along the way, particularly of the big bright blue sky!!

Fuji X-E2, 18mm Fuji lens.

LONELY

TOWARDS THE TOWER

BLUE ON BLUE

BLUE PORTHOLES

SPARKLING SPHERE

RED TOWER

CENTRAL PIER VIEW

CURVES EVERYWHERE

LIFEBELT POP

JOSIE AND THE BIG ONE

A BRACING SEASIDE VIEW

RUSTY SPIKES

THE BIG ONE

VANISHING POINTS

Up To Wintery Snowdonia

I took a day trip to Snowdonia, North Wales and the National Trust area known as Glyderau (after the Welsh for 'heap of stones').

This spectacular area of Mountains and Lakes is just off the A5 road that passes through the heart of Snowdonia, so is very easily accessible, and the paths up to Llyn Idwal from Llyn Ogwen are very well maintained.

I used my Fuji X-T1 with two different lenses, the 10-24mm for wide shots of the whole scenery, and the 55-200mm for detailed close-ups of the distant rock faces.

I've divided the blog into three sections; black and white, views and details.

BLACK AND WHITE

VIEWS

DETAILS