Images of Wales

Friday, 20th February 1998

Upland Scenes
Carmarthenshire, Breconshire, & Glamorgan

Photography by John Ball - 12 December 1997
(with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

Scenes taken on a sunny winter's morning from Cefn Gwrhyd, Glamorgan, a few
miles south of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Above: To the north-east is the distant peak of Fan Gihirych in Breconshire.
The Glamorgan village of Penrhiwfawr is in the middle foreground.

Above: A colourful winter sky. The shaded foreground is dotted with sheep.

Above: To the north are the cloud-covered peaks of Fan Foel and Fan Hir in Breconshire.

Above: To the west, a farm nestles in a hollow in the uplands, while further
north is the distant peak of Carmarthenshire's Black Mountain.

Above: Looking to the north-east, is the Upper Twrch Valley and the village
of Ystradowen on the Carmarthenshire-Glamorgan county border.

Above: In the south-east are the slopes of Allt-y-grug, Glamorgan.