This morning saw another start with thick mist of white shroud the landscape. I found my self in the Claerwen Valley with only the flitting fieldfare and starling chirrup invading on the still calm I was enveloped with.
Dol y mynach unfinished Dam was where I felt the pull and therefore followed my instinct. It suited the sensibility of the day. Dol y mynach Dam was never completed and today there stands the footings. A small reservoir gathers behind the wall which is a superb pace for some unique and rare wildlife. This boasts the Welsh Clearwing moth, 5 spot lady bird, Otter, Water Vole, Corydalis weevil, wintering fowl and if in luck a fleeting electric blue streak passing you by of the king fisher. The Name Dol y mynach means monks meadow and it was likely the Cistercian monks took their stock to the area to graze on the meadows. It has this sense of serene and calm on most days visited. I thought myself alone but I did glimpse a fly fisherman, who I imagined thought himself alone.
The first few images are off the Dam and its place in the landscape. The second of a lonely alder tree perched on his rock. looking over to where Dol y mynach house should have stood, but was prematurely removed to make room for the Dam (which never came to that location after all).
Dol y mynach unfinished Dam was where I felt the pull and therefore followed my instinct. It suited the sensibility of the day. Dol y mynach Dam was never completed and today there stands the footings. A small reservoir gathers behind the wall which is a superb pace for some unique and rare wildlife. This boasts the Welsh Clearwing moth, 5 spot lady bird, Otter, Water Vole, Corydalis weevil, wintering fowl and if in luck a fleeting electric blue streak passing you by of the king fisher. The Name Dol y mynach means monks meadow and it was likely the Cistercian monks took their stock to the area to graze on the meadows. It has this sense of serene and calm on most days visited. I thought myself alone but I did glimpse a fly fisherman, who I imagined thought himself alone.
The first few images are off the Dam and its place in the landscape. The second of a lonely alder tree perched on his rock. looking over to where Dol y mynach house should have stood, but was prematurely removed to make room for the Dam (which never came to that location after all).
F: 7.1 1/40 ISO 100 35mm lens
F: ? (around 7) 1/2 ISO 100 14mm lens
F: ? (around 7) 1/4 ISO 100 14mm lens
F: 7 1/4 ISO 100 14mm lens
F: 7 1/4 ISO 100 14 - 24mm lens HDR
F: 7 1/4 ISO 100 14 - 24mm lens HDR
Looking to the old house site
F: 7.1 1/15 ISO 100 35mm lens HDR
Looking down the Afon Claerwen from Claerwen Dam
Beautiful images Sorcha, the colours are fantastic...
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Thank you :-)
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