 | Snowdonia (102Kb) Cloudy, but there's some serious scenery going on here. Too much to fit in, really so in places they've had to stack it. |
 | Criccieth Castle (178Kb) Not much left of it but the gatehouse, but it looks quite nice up there on the cliff |
 | Criccieth sea level (174Kb) Taken late evening, so the photo is fairly ropey, but I like the optical illusion here. Doesn't it look like the sea level is higher on the right than on the left? |
 | Bodnant lily (149Kb) In the water, so it's supposed to be that wet, honest. |
 | Bodnant colour (212Kb) Some contrast? Actually, this was the land of the insanely large, deep blue hydrangea. |
 | Intricate detail (183Kb) A close up of some detailed work on a big static engine. |
 | Aircraft hall (225Kb) Not for any particular aircraft, but just to get an overview of just how jammed in they all are. How did they get that big one in here? |
 | Carved head (155Kb) A crude, but strangely expressive carving. The expression also seemed to change dramatically depending on the angle. From above, he looks quite annoyed. |
 | Carved panel (208Kb) Various interesting details, and very panicky looking expressions. |
 | Carved triple head (192Kb) Three heads sharing four eyes. Possibly the masons were being told to finish as quickly as possible. Or perhaps inspired by an old Queen album cover. |
 | Columns (236Kb) A view through the columns in the presbytery. |
 | Overview (184Kb) As above, but easier to see what you're looking at. |
 | Spiral stair (249Kb) In the side wall of the presbytery is the remains of a spiral stair. |
 | Another view from the terrace (241Kb) |
 | Orchid (155Kb) One of many orchids on display. |
 | Rose (158Kb) They had some very nice roses - this is probably the best photo that came out. |
 | Bee in flower (149Kb) In an agapanthus to be precise. They were all over them, mostly going bzzzwzzwwzwzwz. |
 | Rose (120Kb) In the vast rose garden. |
 | Rose Window (162Kb) From the outside. This (and a lot of the other Minster photos) were taken twice - I'd taken one set, then the sun came out . . . |
 | Front tower (208Kb) Looking up, just a bit. |
 | Front towers(197Kb) Yes, the sky really was that colour. |
 | High level (168Kb) This is on the way up to the top of the central tower. You go up by the side of the rose window, then across a walkway to get to the stair up the central tower. This is the view of the main towers from the walkway. |
 | Striped lawn (285Kb) From the top of the central tower, looking down at a nicely striped lawn. |
 | Towers and skyline (121Kb) And again, slightly different angle, and including more of the background view. |
 | Skyline (213Kb) Looking in back over the rear of the Minster, with more skyline |
 | Chapter house roof (237Kb) Inside the Minster, this is the chapter house roof. |
 | Interior (187Kb) This is a fun one. All my shots of the interior roof of the minster came out wonky, except this one, which was actually taken from outside, in the sun, looking in through the door . . . |
 | Sun on the cobbles (297Kb) Down by the waterfront. A nice abstract effect. |
 | Castlerigg scenery (143Kb) Grass, mountains, sheep and stone walls. |
 | Castlerigg scenery (110Kb) Oh, and blue sky. A rarity here, and something to make the most of when you get it. |
 | Castlerigg stones (171Kb) It's actually not a true circle (it's flattened on one side), and some of them have fallen over, but you get the idea from this. |
 | Castlerigg stones (179Kb) Another view, across an edge of the circle this time. |
 | Castlerigg stone wall (168Kb) No, I didn't climb on it - this was taken holding the camera out over the top. |
 | Stainton fell (132Kb) It's strange, but this really looks like either the shots above from Snowdon, or the shots of the Cuillin on sky. |
 | Seathwaite stream (312Kb) Seathwaite gets the highest rainfall per year in the UK. This is where some of it ends up. |
 | Seathwaite stream zoomed way in (269Kb) A trick shot, this, given that the patch of water was in shade. This is what you get if you take a close up of a dark patch of water, with flash. |
 | Furness clouds (139Kb) I seem to have a tendency to take cloud shots when interesting formations happen - there are some in just about all the other holiday sets as well. This was another interesting texture. |
 | Furness abbey arches (197Kb) They went in for some substantial arches here - not a feature I've seen elsewhere (well, not five together like this). |
 | Furness abbey texture (308Kb) This is a close up of some of the eroded rock. Looks almost like a fingerprint pattern. |
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