Aberystwyth
Hurricane Katia
Photos taken along Aberystwyth promenade at high-tide last night as the tail end of Hurricane Katia hit the Welsh coastline.
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Oban to Aber
After being used to help carry out scientific research on Greenland’s west coast last summer, Alun’s boat Gambo was sailed across the North Atlantic and spent the winter in Oban, Scotland. The task was now to bring it down to Aberystwyth so it could go on to carry out bathymetric surveying in the Celtic Sea [...]
Read moreThe Prom
Think of Aberystwyth and most likely the first thing in your mind is the seafront. It’s one of my favourite places in Aber, and I quite often end up walking along the promenadeto see the sun set. It was also home to The Bay – a run-down, yet popular nightclub that had a decent enough [...]
Read moreBack in Black (& White)
I like monochrome photos. Perhaps it’s their simplicity that attracts me, or the fact that the colours aren’t there to distract from the subject matter. It kind of lets the imagination wander what the scene would really look like. Anyway, it’s something that I’ve been playing with more-so recently…here is a selection of some of [...]
Read moreWalking round Aber
I’ve been taking some shots round Aber recently, but have only just managed to upload them now. Some are from a walk Megan and I took on my birthday a few weeks ago down the coastal path south of town. We also had a great sunset here recently – it was just so orange. Anyway, [...]
Read moreSnow at last
With yet another ‘Big Freeze’ being forecast for Britain this week, I was somewhat surprised to wake up this morning to find Aber under a good layer of snow. Usually we miss out due to being so close to the coastline, but around 4 inches had settled – enough for the university to shutdown anyway. [...]
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