These are the last photos that I took in 2019, on New Year's Eve at the wonderful Penmon Point on the Isle of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast.
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The recently reurbished promenade and seafront at Colwyn Bay on the North Wales coast is a visual treat, especially on a crisp, clear winter's day.
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The beautiful Nant Ffrancon valley in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, photographed on a rare day of good winter weather.
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In many ways, the Snowdonia National Park is a man-made landscape, and the hundreds of miles of drystone walls, old and new, criss-crossing the mountains and valleys are evidence of that influence over the centuries.
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If there's one thing that defines the area around the lower half of the Nant Ffrancon valley in Snowdonia, North Wales, it's slate.
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Tree in winter in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales.
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I don't know how many times I've driven past the 'Mostyn funship' on my way along the North Wales coast, but on this occasion in early January 2020 I stopped for a closer look.
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The first full moon of 2020 provided me with a couple of opportunites to capture dramatic time lapse sequences, although one of the opportunities didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped!
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The final (for this time) images from a lovely winter's afternoon spent in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, featuring some of the eye catching shops, pubs and buildings in the town.
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Some stunning views around the lovely harbour at Kinsale on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, on a beautiful December afternoon and evening.
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The quiet bay of Summercove, just outside Kinsale on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, home of the very impressive Charles Fort.
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Late afternoon and evening on a winter's day overlooking the beautiful harbour at Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland.
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Towards the end of 2019 my wife Liz and I had an early Christmas with part of our family over in Ireland, which gave us the opportunity to revisit the seaside town of Kinsale on the south coast on our way back to Cork airport.
What a gorgeous afternoon that turned out to be!
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And now for something completely different!.
This is the aerodynamically improbable Airbus Beluga transport aircraft, flying overhead at dusk.
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A stormy winter's afternoon on the coast of Anglesey, North Wales.
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Sunset over the Irish Sea on a cold, clear winter's eve spent on the West Shore at Llandudno on the North Wales coast.
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Living in North Wales, I'm never wanting for interesting weather to photograph, such as this rainstorm over the Vale of Clwyd as seen from the slopes of Moel Famau.
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A look back to the halcyon days of summer holidays spent exploring the beautiful coastlines of Devon and Cornwall.
A warming thought on a cold, grey January morning!
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Three lakes, Llyn Gwynant, Llyn Mymbyr and Llyn Padarn, photographed on three lovely days in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales.
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Happy New Year!
I saw out 2019 in great style, spending three hours in the freezing cold wind perched on a slippery rock at Penmon Point on Anglesey, North Wales.
And I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else!
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A few more views from the wonderful North Wales coast, captured earlier this year during time lapse shoots.
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One of the most photographed landmarks in North Wales, and understandably so.
This is the watchtower on the tip of Llanddwyn Island on the southwest of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast, photographed here through three various stages of sunset and dusk.
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The Menai Straits seperating the Isle of Anglesey from the North Wales coast is a place of wonder, especially in the light of a beautiful sunset or dusk.
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The Point of Ayr lighthouse on the beach at Talacre, North Wales.
A stunning location at either end of the day.
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A beautiful sunset and twilight over the Gwynt y Mor offshore windfarm is shown here, as photographed from Rhyl on the North Wales coast.
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The Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, is a wonderland of dramatic scenery and even more dramatic weather which my wife Liz and I love to explore when visiting family over on the Emerald Isle.
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A very Happy and Blessed Christmas to all who take the time to visit my website here at goHOWiE.com. Thank you all so much for your support and encouragement this past year.
And here's an image that slipped through the net a few years ago now - Dawn over Sprague Lake in the stunning Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.
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A late December trip to Porth Dafarch on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales was a chilly but very enjoyable affair.
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The Snowdonia National Park in North Wales attracts some pretty dramatic weather systems, and with scenery to match it's no wonder my wife Liz and I spend so much of our free time here.
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The Flintshire suspension bridge over the river Dee estuary at Connah's Quay on Deeside, North Wales makes for a dramatic and very photogenic subject.
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These beautiful stratocumulus clouds formed right over my head while standing in my drive, so of course I grabbed my camera!
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The night skies over North Wales offer some wonderful and enigmatic views, especially during the long winter darkness.
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A beautiful autumnal dusk over the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales.
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The North Wales coast is home to some pretty quaint seaside resorts, a prime example of which is Criccieth on the Llyn Peninsula.
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The lovely rolling countryside of North Wales near Llanwrst is featured in these two images, captured in the light of a lowering October sun.
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The last gasp of autumn colours along the Afon Llugwy river at Capel Curig in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales.
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Capel Curig in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, is one of the wettest places in the UK, and all that water has to go somewhere!
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The Denbigh Moors in North Wales - bleak, windswept and wonderful.
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One of the many things that North Wales is reknowned for is its castles, and here are just three of them, at Conway, Flint and Rhuddlan.
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The Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Wales is a beautiful place, and even more so outside of 'normal' daylight visiting hours!
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Although the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near my home in North Wales isn't officially a Dark Skies reserve you can still get far enough away from civilisation to get a good view of the Milky Way on a clear night.
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Beautiful light around sunset on the North Wales coast at Rhyl.
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Although the scenery around Llyn Mymbyr in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, is usually photographed on a large scale (understandably so), there are plenty of lovely smaller views to delight the senses.
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Day or night, Llyn Mymbyr in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales provides some stunning views when the light is right!
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An unusual exhibition filled Palace Street in Caernarfon last August, and Liz and I were on hand to enjoy the spectacle.
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Twilight on the North Wales coast, with some beautiful sights to enjoy and photograph in and around Caernarfon.
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The half hour or so either side of sunset is a magical time for photography, as the cool tones of twilight slowly replace the warmth of direct sunlight.
And it helps if you're in a beautiful location when capturing the light changing, sush as overlooking the Victoria Dock at Caernarfon on the North Wales coast.
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The culturally significant town of Caernarfon on the North Wales coast is somewhere that my wife Liz and I often end up at following a day spent exploring the Snowdonia National Park.
A great way to round off a day out, with plenty of photo opportunities on hand around the castle and harbour.
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A brief window in the awful late November weather gave me an opportunity to get out and about around North Wales to capture these dramaitc time lapse video sequences.
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Yesterday I presented some images of Llanfairfechan on the North Wales coast, taken during the summer months.
Today, there are more images of Llanfairfechen, but this time taken in crisp winter sunlight.
Compare the two and see if you can spot the difference in the quality of the light.
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These are some views from the sleepy seaside resort of Llanfairfechan on the North Wales coast, a favourite haunt of my wife Liz and mine when we want a stroll in the peace and quiet.
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On a good weather day the views out over Cardigan Bay on the Mid-Wales coast are absolutely stunning, and you can see lovely scenery like this view over Barmouth from the road.
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A sunny summer's afternoon, and where else would you want to be rather than high up in the mountains of southern Snowdonia enjoying a hike around the beautiful Cregennan Lakes.
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Sitting looking out of my window at the grey skies and cold November rain I'm briefly transported to a better place as I review these images of the Mawddach estuary on the Mid-Wales coast on a sunny summer's afternoon.
Hopefully there'll be a break in this dismal weather soon!
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Some more images from Llandudno on the North Wales coast, one of my wife Liz's and my 'go to' locations for a stroll by the seaside. And some photography of course!
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Llandudno on the North Wales coast is one of the UK's most popular seaside resorts, and rightly so!
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Right next to Llyn Brenig, featured yesterday, is the even more lovely Alwen Reservoir, high up on the Denbigh Moors in North Wales.
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A fascinating and beautiful combination of the natural and man-made, this is Llyn Brenig reservoir, high on the Denbigh Moors in North Wales.
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Some more images showcasing the stunning coastline at Rhoscolyn on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey, North Wales.
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For just a few weeks each year in late spring the cliffs around the beautiful Isle of Anglesey on the North Wales coast come alive in a riot of colour as dormant wild flowers spring to life.
These images of Sea Pink Thrift, taken around Rhoscolyn, illustrate what I'm talking about!
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The wild, unspoilt beauty of the coast around Rhoscolyn on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, is hard to beat, and a favourite spot for my wife Liz and I to explore when it's not raining!
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The beautiful but deadly Menai Straits between the Isle of Anglesey and mainland Wales, now easy to cross thanks to the efforts of Thomas Telford and Robert Stephenson.
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A few weeks ago, in late October, the Pontcysyllte aqueduct near Wrexham, Wales celebrated its ten year anniversary as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
To mark the event there was a spectacular three week long light show at strategic points along the eleven mile length of the Llangollen Canal.
Of course, my wife Liz and I were on hand to record the events.
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Love 'em or hate 'em, the offshore turbines of the Gwynt y Môr wind farm are now a permanent feature of the North Wales coast.
Pesonally I love 'em, and will go out of my way to include them in my coastal photographs.
Such as these three examples, shot from the North Shore at Llandudno on a lovely calm evening in May.
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No, we're not on Mars!
This panoramic collage features the other-worldly open cast copper mine at Parys Mountain near the town of Amlwch on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales.
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The coastal path around the Isle of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast, has many beautiful and dramatic views of offer, and one of my wife Liz's and my favourite stretches is at Moelfre on the eastern side of the island.
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Voted the UK's favourite mountain, this is Tryfan in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, photographed under a variety of weather conditions.
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There are many shapely mountains in the Snowdonia National Park, but the conical Pen Yr Ole Wen in the Carneddau range is one of the prettiest, especially when there's some dramatic cloud cover over its summit.
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A day spent hiking around LLyn Idwal in the Snowdonia National Park with my extended family yielded some great images of the dramatic scenery and weather on display.
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In the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, with so much epic scenery on offer, it's easy to overlook the hidden gems such as the Afon Lledr river near Betws-y-Coed.
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Just a few of the numberous delights from along the beautiful Anglesey Coastal Path on the North Wales coast, including something not quite so delightful in the form of plastic waste.
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Images fron around Llanberis today here at goHOWiE.com, surely one of the most picturesque areas in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park.
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A brief window in the awful early November weather found my wife Liz and I escaping to the North Wales coast at Llandudno for a breath of sea air and a spot of time lapse filming.
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A little hard to get to, but well worth the effort, is the beautiful Llyn Geirionydd in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, especially when the sun shines!
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My wife Liz and I had driven past the 'Ugly House' in Snowdonia for years before finally stopping to pay a visit last spring, and I'm so glad we did.
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I'm sitting looking out of my window at the cold rain while writing this, imagining I'm strolling along the beach at Church Bay on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey.
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The ancient woodlands around Capel Curig in the Snowdonia National Park are a wonderful, if somewhat damp, place to lose yourself in for a while.
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Same lake, same tree, different seasons.
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A selection of seaside images taken at Deganwy on the North Wales coast on sunny late afternoons at different times of the year.
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A chilly couple of hours in the sand dunes on Talacre Beach, North Wales, yielded this time lapse video of one of the highest tides of the year sweeping in around the Point of Ayr lighthouse while stars wheeled by in the night sky overhead.
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The final selection of images from the two week holiday that my wife Liz and I enjoyed touring around Devon and Cornwall, featuring the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the north Devon coast.
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