Landscape
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Dinorwic Slate Quarry
A vertical vein of slate, situated between Llanberis and Dinorwic, led to the creation of what became the world’s second largest slate quarry. The Dinorwic Slate Quarry was worked for almost 170 years until its closure in 1969, when extraction had become uneconomic and difficult and the business went into receivership. The quarry’s workshop was acquired by the National Museum of Wales and the main quarry is now used as an adventure rock climbing venue and diving venue. I climbed up into the quarry with two photographers from the area, Sian and Albert. It’s not too difficult a climb though it is dangerous in places and the slates slide over…
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Cumbria Again
I was driving back from Scotland yesterday in heavy rain, wondering whether to go straight home or stop off somewhere to do some Christmas shopping. As I drove down the M6 south of Penrith, the sky looked a bit brighter over to the south west…so I took a quick detour off the motorway at Shap and made my way over towards Ambleside. With no particular aim in mind (and shopping still on the cards), there looked like a tantalising bright area in the clouds, so I decided to carry on through Ambleside and take the road through Langdale. At this point the clouds joined up again and it started to…
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An Evening at Salford Quays
It’s become a bit of a Joke that club meetings with Wigan 10 have been blessed with fantastic weather and outings with Oldham Photographic Society have been invariably subject to poor light and heavy rain. Imagine my surprise, therefore, when OPS members met up at Salford Quays last Thursday evening to interesting and improving light. I had arrived late afternoon, before some of the other members and was treated to some good early light. Around 5ish, the sun went behind clouds and the light became dull, so a couple of us went for a pizza and an hour later the light had returned. Gallery 1 (click on thumbnails to enlarge)…
