With impeccable timing we missed the heatwave and arrived in Wales, at the tail-end of the 6 weeks hols, as a storm front did. Though we were there partly for a hol, and partly for a few location shoots, naturally I (Ben) wanted to get in a few bits of railway photography if it were possible.
Bank Holiday Sunday was typical for it's liquid sunshine; the only way we could have been wetter on the way from the car to Harbour Station would have been to have swum the estuary.
Still, the rain gave a nice steamy departure for "Linda" and "Blanche".
A Welsh Highland service was in the adjacent platform.
Later in the week the weather had improved somewhat...
Super low-angle of the sort which picture editors won't touch with a ten-foot pole, with the camera over the edge of the platform.
A change of location whilst we were on a geology trip up near Tanygrisau; except the quarry was closed off by the electric board (to reopen later in the year... yeah, right, will believe that when I see it; it was 'temporarily restricted' when we tried to visit it for a photography shoot a couple of years back too), so we hung around for a shot of a southbound Ffestiniog service.
Final day of proceedings, and a little walk up the Glaslyn Pass for Amy to shoot some close-up nature photography, and for me to get some pics of the WHR in the sun. Of course it was a lovely sunny day, the day we were driving back home, but hey-ho.
This made the driver jump; I was well on the public side of the fence, but was somewhat hanging out of a tree at the time and he didn't spot me until the last second...
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