I’m delighted to be hosting Sunday Stills for Terry Webster Schrandt during August while she takes a blogging break.
This week’s theme is mountains and valleys. At the moment we’re living near Snowdonia National Park. It’s very scenic and is the largest national park in Wales. It also has the highest mountain in England and Wales and has many pretty villages and lakes.
A lone house with Mount Snowdon in the background. I don’t think I’d like to be so isolated, especially in winter.
One of the many walks.
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct takes the Llangollen canal over the river Dee valley. You can walk across (if you don’t mind heights.) Designed and built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, it was completed in 1805 and took 10 years to design, build and test. It’s now a World Heritage Site. The aquaduct is 39 metres high and 3.6 metres wide.
Looking down on the town of Llangollen from the ruins of Dinas Bran castle
A birds eye view of the town of Conwy and the estuary from the dizzy heights of Conwy mountain.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
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Please create a new post for the theme.
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Title your post a little differently than mine.
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Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post. I also recommend adding your post’s URL into the comments.
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Entries for this theme can be shared all week. Use hashtag #SundayStills for sharing on social media.
Thanks for the memories Cathy! We lived in England for a year and did a lot of travelling, with this being one of our favourite areas. Great photos showing the gorgeous countryside. It’s great to see you hosting Sunday Stills. Here’s my link for this week: https://debs-world.com/2020/08/09/the-awe-inspiring-glass-house-mountains/
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Thanks, Debbie. I love your post about the Glass Mountains and the stories connected with them.
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Hello.
Wonderful photos. First photo is very impressive – I love it very much.
Happy Sunday!
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed them.
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I wouldn’t want to be that isolated either, Cathy. For starters, I wonder what the broadband connection is like in that house?
Beautiful views, which I’d be thrilled seeing every day. The aqueduct looks impressive, but I wouldn’t want to look over the side of it.
I’ll be linking back again on my Wordless Wednesday post.
Have a lovely week.
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I can see there being no broadband at all, Hugh and that wouldn’t do 😉 I have to admit I couldn’t walk across the aquaduct but it is really impressive. Look forward to your post. Hope you have a lovely week too.
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I have had the chance to cross the aqueduct with friends a few times, but have bottled out on each occasion! I seem to remember at one time there was a warning sign as you approach on the Canal which reads something along the lines of, you might get an unexpected urge to jump. Well that put me right off. I think the warning signs now only say children must hold parents hands, though I have not been for a number of years.
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I haven’t ben able to cross it either. I’m hopeless with heights and that’s a step too far 😉 I think that sign would have put me off too!
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My entry – https://transitionofthoughts.com/2020/07/26/photography-winter-time/
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That’s such a beautiful part of the country. If I walked across that aqueduct I’d have to do so in the middle, which would be a bit wet I think. Here’s mine today: https://grahamsisland.com/2020/08/09/kohala-valleys/
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Yes, it would be very wet 😁 Thanks for your entry.
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Glorious images Cathy and Snowdonia looks so beautiful! Eivor and Pearl will join the challenge later in the week with their contribution. Hope you are having a great weekend and much love from our house to yours 🤗💖🐕 xxx
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Thank you, Xenia 🤗 Look forward to Eivor and Pearl’s post 🐕 Have a lovely rest of the weekend and much love yo you all 💕💕xxx
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Thank you Cathy 🤗💕🐕 xxx
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Lovely views of the beautiful Welsh countryside.
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Thank you 🙂
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Gorgeous! I’d love to live in the isolated cottage – I could take the rubbish out in my PJs without the fear of neighbours seeing me and hissing disapprovingly…
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But you’d have no wifi and been marooned in winter… 😉
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Cathy, your photos are stunning! Is the aqueduct still in use?
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Yes, very much so in normal circumstances. We saw boats go across when we were there. It looked pretty scary to me 😉
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I don’t do well with heights, so, yes, I would imagine it would be scary.
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Hi Cathy, gorgeous images of the area! I’m so happy to see our SS regulars contributing! This has been a whirlwind week with hubby’s unexpected eye surgery, two real estate closings and endless packing. I’m so grateful for my blog break. Keep up the good work and have a great week!
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Hello again Cathy, Eivor and Pearl’s contribution for this week’s lovely challenge is here: https://whippetwisdom.com/2020/08/13/tanka-wild-blooms/
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Thanks so much 🤗
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