March in Janiveer

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

St Cwyfan's

In a bay of the sea, a white chapel is visible on a small island

The tide is out. A rocky causeway is visible leading to the small island.

The campanile of a white-painted chapel against a blue sky

A leaded window of the chapel.

Looking back from the small island past the walls of the chapel to the mainland

Those Celtic saints just loved building churches in hard-to-reach locations.

Sunday, 10 August 2014

Aberffraw

Capital of the kings of Gwynedd for 400 years. There's not much there now.

A wild, flat landscape of wetlands and sky. A few grey houses are clustered on a rise next to the water.

Under a blue sky, silver sands stretch off towards a narrow arm of the sea. Mountains are visible on the other side.

An ancient stone drinking trough in the shape of an altar.

A fishing boat is moored in a narrow river in the midst of a wide flat landscape.

Also the site of Branwen and Matholwch's wedding. She is still remembered.

Grey 1960s terraced houses. The street sign says, Bro Branwen, 16-25.

Barclodiad y Gawres

The interior of an ancient burial mound. The rocks appear purple and green in the dim light.

The interior of an ancient burial mound. The rocks appear purple and green in the dim light.

The interior of an ancient burial mound. The rocks appear purple and green in the dim light.

The exterior entrance to an ancient burial mound.

The interior of an ancient burial mound. The rocks appear purple and green in the dim light.

The interior of an ancient burial mound. The rocks appear purple and green in the dim light.

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Finished reading Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson by William Fotheringham 📚.

I had no idea that Harry Hall (of Harry Hall Cycles, Manchester) was Tommy Simpson's engineer on the Tour when he died. The more you learn the more you realise you don't know.

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Richie Porte is 16 mins 19 seconds down. Well that's that for Team Sky, I guess. Can't help wondering what would have happened if they'd selected Wiggo this year.

Nibali looks unstoppable.

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Ooh Cav. Oh dear.

Tour de France 2014

Stage one of the tour, as it passed through Chapel Allerton

A peloton of road cyclists racing along a suburban street in Leeds

The sun is shining, the sky is clear with few clouds.

Crowds of spectators line the streets, behind temporary fencing

The riders are in brightly-coloured lycra

Team Sky are wearing black

In one of the photos you can see Chris Froome (in Team Sky jersey, wearing no. 1), Richie Porte (wearing no. 7), and Niki Terpstra (in Omega Pharma Quickstep jersey, wearing no. 78.

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