Welch Storms

Saturday in Herefordshire started off rainy and breezy. I spent the morning doing the errands that needed to be done (laundry, shopping). The clouds were more broken in the afternoon, so I headed out for another afternoon of photography.

I drove down to the border of Herefordshire and Wales. I'm further south of where I was last weekend at Hay-on-Wye. I was visiting a number of different historical sites, and they were connected by narrow winding roads.

The roads throughout the region are lined on both sides by hedges. Here in Wales these side roads were barely more than a single lane wide, with very few places to pull out. Most of the time you see an attractive scene you just go on because of the difficulty in turning around or pulling off.

When I saw this view with the valley in the foreground and the high hill on the horizon I knew it was special. I found a place to turn around and go back to a pull-out that faced the view.

Images captured with Nikon D90. Processed in ACR and CS4.

Hay on Wye - Colors and Angles

For the first part of my visit I had been roaming the Herefordshire countryside. One of the local business people I'm working with during the day suggested that I visit Hay on Wye out on the Hereford - Wales borders.

My previous post had to do with the flowers in the fields. This post is for the wonderful angles, colors and light that I discovered in the town itself. The old town sets on a hilltop crowned with the ruins of a Norman castle and a Jacobean manor house. The streets are narrow and don't run in straight lines.

These three images are just a few from the set that I took during my day there. I hope you enjoy!

Whitewashed Alley

The Orange Wall

Heol y Dwr