North Cornwall Seascapes

Alastair BegleyLandscape Short Link

I headed down to see David and Nicky for a weekend in Holsworthy. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t playing ball for photography, and we had a weekend of strong winds and grey skies, however this didn’t dampen our spirits and we still headed out to have a fun weekend of photography. We made the best of the conditions and it really make us work at our composition, however the results were never going to be spectacular given the lack of light. We headed out to the relatively close locations of Trebarwith Strand and Crackington Haven which allowed us to spend some time by the sea, have some lunch in a pub, go for an enjoyable drive up the coast and then do some more photography before heading back home.

Nantlle Ridge

Alastair BegleyLandscape, North Wales, Walking Short Link

After a number of years of wanting to do the Nantlle Ridge, we finally ended up in North Wales with a weather window which would enable us to enjoy the ridge at it’s best. As the weather was best in the morning we started fairly early, which enabled us to see a beautiful sunrise as we were leaving the hut in Rhyd Ddu. The start of the walk soon woke us up, but once we were established on the ridge it was just brilliant. We had wonderful views in every direction and good weather, apart from the very strong wind! The scrambling was not extensive, but some of it was fairly involved if you stayed on the ridge crest rather than skirting off on the path to the side. The final section of ridge before the descent was fairly hard going underfoot, and if I were to do the ridge again I might have descended sooner. We had dropped a car at the end the night before, but somehow avoided having to do shuttle runs as Becky managed to hitch a lift with the only person we saw all day,. Read the full article…