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Author Archives: Calmgrove
Backwards
Heritage steam engine and carriage, Talyllyn railway, at Abergynolwyn station, Eryri National Park /Snowdonia.
Ending
Dramatic sunset as the sun disappears and day ends, Vale of Usk, Bannau Brycheiniog.
Pareidolia
Disney’s Pluto or a Škoda steering wheel? You be the judge!
Textures
Textures view across the road from a skylight: altocumulus clouds in a blue sky, above trees, atop a Norman motte, foregrounded by the slate roofs of Georgian townhouses.
Abbatial
The chancel of Dore Abbey with, behind, the ambulatory. This 12th-century Cistercian foundation in Herefordshire was dissolved by Henry VIII but the east end and the transepts extending from the crossing were converted into a parish church in the 17th century.
Glade
Glade within a conifer plantation near Llangenny, Powys.
Tyrannic
Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton displayed in Oxford University Natural History Museum.
Auditorium
Entering the auditorium of the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, with a full audience awaiting a matinee performance of a ballet.
Silver
“Set in a silver sea”: Tywyn beach, Gwynedd, summer 2025.
Minutiae 