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Barren Beauty

Today provided a grey windswept lunchtime break, not the most inspiring weather to try and fulfil Crow's (@DeForestRanger) brief. I headed out of my comfort zone (the local woods and nature reserve) and off to the bleak estuary of the River Clwyd. In the biting wind I tromped through the mud (much to the amusment of my students when I got back to work) and snapped a few images - not pleased with anything, and reeling from earache with the wind. As I headed back, the patch of flattened grass caught my eye and provided salvation!

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Y Froyd

Rhyl was initially a small port recorded as far as the 1500's, an probably dates back much further being a deep narrow estuary of the River Clwyd. The town achieved it's peak as an elegant Victorian seaside resort en route from Liverpool to Holyhead. After the Second Wold War there was a large influx of people from the big conurbations of Liverpool and Manchester, and the general decline of UK seaside resorts hit the town hard.

By the 1990's Rhyl suffered from all of the modern ills - high crime, high unemployment, low literacy and poor facilities; the part on the right of the picture has the dubious accolade of one of the poorest wards in Europe. Despite that, there are still gems to be found and relics of bygone eras.

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Lunchtime walk around Brickfield Pond.

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Feel the Power


I see this pylon pretty much every day, and usually regard it as a real eyesore - I feel they ruin so many beatiful views, especially within Snowdonia and the Carneddau, however the light on today's lunchtime walk made the pylon quite eyecatching today.

Other than resizing, this is straight out of the camera.
Aperture Priority 1/1250seconad and f8 @ISO80