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Sunset at Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, Wales.

I had originally travelled to shoot the famous old lighthouse but with the weather against me I decided to walk around the island to check out potential spots for a future visit.

Just as I was about to head off home unhappy the weather changed. The wind dropped and the drizzle disappeared revealing a fantastic sunset peeking from a gap in the cloud cover.

With the sun disappearing quickly I didn’t have time to scale the rocks back up to the lighthouse so I quickly unpacked my camera and set up my tripod on the beach.

I settled down to witness an unexpected beauty of a sunset with the light from the sun skimming across the waves before crashing against the surrounding rocks. You can make out Snowdonia in the distant background along the horizon.

A bit about the place…

Ynys Llanddwyn or Llanddwyn Island is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. It is of geological interest with pillow lava, jasper formations and aeolian sand deposits.

The island forms part of the National Nature Reserve of Newborough Warren which includes the extensive and floristically rich sand dune system; it remains attached to the mainland at all but the highest tides and provides views of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula.

In 2004, Llanddwyn Island was used as a filming location in Demi Moore's romantic thriller Half Light.

Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Before 20th century boundary changes, the village was located within the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.

In the Domesday Book, the name is given as Malgun, meaning "settlement by the gravelly places".

Situated in the Yorkshire Dales with a population of approximately 150, the surrounding countryside is well known for its limestone pavements and other examples of limestone scenery.

The most obvious tourist attractions are Malham Tarn, Malham Cove, and the Dry valley.

The village hosts an annual agricultural and horticultural show on the Saturday before the August Bank Holiday. Known as the Malham Show it has competitions for everything from Lego models to fell running.

Another major annual event is the Malham Safari, where the villagers and particularly the local school build sculptures around the village. This event attracts many tourists and stalls are put up on the green.

I had a day trip out to this beautiful spot in Settle, North Yorkshire. The weather was playing all sorts of tricks with me; when I first arrived it was snowing before moving onto rain, sleet, hail stones and finally a little sunshine! We are in May on Wednesday – Crazy! I love this waterfall, it’s such a beautiful spot and is virtually impossible to just stumble across due to the secluded location and this means you tend to have the place all to yourself. The waterfall is situated deep inside a moss covered gorge and getting to the bottom is somewhat treacherous (yes, I did fall!).

I was up at 4.30am yesterday for the 2 hour drive to North Yorkshire in time for sunrise. After visiting the same place last month, I wanted to come back when the weather was more favourable.

Thankfully I was greeted with a beautiful sight as the sun crept from behind a snow-capped Ingleborough mountain, illuminating the limestone rocks and the famous old lone boulder.

Ingleborough is the second highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales. It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent.

Twr Mawr Lighthouse, Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, Wales.

The lighthouse marks the western entrance to the Menai Strait and was constructed in 1873.

I took this yesterday evening just before sunset at the beautiful Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, Wales.

Ynys Llanddwyn or Llanddwyn Island is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales. It is of geological interest with pillow lava, jasper formations and aeolian sand deposits.

The island forms part of the National Nature Reserve of Newborough Warren which includes the extensive and floristically rich sand dune system; it remains attached to the mainland at all but the highest tides and provides views of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula.

In 2004, Llanddwyn Island was used as a filming location in Demi Moore's romantic thriller Half Light.

Thornton Force waterfall, North Yorkshire, England.

Steps in Daisy Nook, Manchester, England.

Daisy Nook is a country park in Failsworth, Manchester, England. The park runs through Medlock Valley in an area once called Waterhouses. Waterhouses was one of three 'houses' in the Failsworth area, the other two being Millhouses (now Clayton Bridge) and Woodhouses.

The name Daisy Nook came from a book by Benjamin Brierley titled 'A day out' or 'A Summer Ramble'. Brierley asked his friend Charles Potter, an Oldham Artist, to draw an imaginary place called Daisy Nook. Potter came to nearby Waterhouses to complete his drawing - and from then on the area was known as Daisy Nook.

On 8 June 2007 a 1946 work by L. S. Lowry entitled "Good Friday, Daisy Nook" was sold for £3,772,000, the highest price paid for one of his paintings at auction. The painting depicts the park in party mood a year after World War II.

Crosby Beach, England.
A superb piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.

100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 2 mile (3.2 km) stretch of the beach between Waterloo and Blundellsands.

Each figure is 189 cm tall (nearly 6 feet 2½ inches) and weighs around 650 kg (over 1400 lb).

In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of the artist's own body. As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea.

New Brighton Lighthouse was originally known as Perch Rock Lighthouse. It was built in 1827 and sits off New Brighton beach, Wallasey, UK. I took this at sunset this evening.

Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Before 20th century boundary changes, the village was located within the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.
In the Domesday Book, the name is given as Malgun, meaning "settlement by the gravelly places".

Situated in the Yorkshire Dales with a population of approximately 150, the surrounding countryside is well known for its limestone pavements and other examples of limestone scenery.

The most obvious tourist attractions are Malham Tarn, Malham Cove, and the Dry valley.

The village hosts an annual agricultural and horticultural show on the Saturday before the August Bank Holiday. Known as the Malham Show it has competitions for everything from Lego models to fell running.

Another major annual event is the Malham Safari, where the villagers and particularly the local school build sculptures around the village. This event attracts many tourists and stalls are put up on the green.

Wain Wath Force is a waterfall situated on the River Swale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The falls are located at grid reference NY883015, one kilometre upstream from the hamlet of Keld which has three other waterfalls in its vicinity, namely Kisdon Force, East Gill Force and Catrake Force.

The falls in the north of England are often termed “Forces” after the Norse word “Foss” which means waterfall.

Its name derives from the ford above the fall, wath being the Anglo-Saxon word for a ford. Wain may denote that it was passable for a cart or wain.

Wain Wath Force is not a substantial falls; it has a drop of only around 1.5 metres as the river flows beneath the limestone cliffs of Cotterby Scar. Despite its modest height it is popular with visitors, the Coast to Coast long distance footpath passes the falls on the north bank of the River Swale while the main motor road up Upper Swaledale passes on the south bank.

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