HAPPY ST DAVID'S DAY FOR 1st MARCH

ST DAVID, (DEWI SANT) PATRON SAINT OF WALES, DEPICTED IN A STAINED GLASS WINDOW.

ST DAVID'S CATHEDRAL

ST DAVID'S SHRINE IS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL. IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES, ST DAVID'S SHRINE WAS A FAVOURITE PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE AND TWO PILGRIMAGES TO THE SITE WAS CONSIDERED EQUAL TO ONE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME.

THE OLD SHRINE

THE SITE OF THE OLD SHRINE OF ST DAVID, WHICH WAS DAMAGED AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYED DURING THE REFORMATION AND COMMONWEALTH.

NEW SHRINE

BONES, BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF ST DAVID, WERE DISCOVERED IN 1866. IN 1920, THE BONES WERE PLACED INTO THIS OAK CASKET WHICH WAS THEN ENCLOSED BEHIND THE IRON GRILLE.

SCENIC NORWAY

SPRINGTIME ON THE FIORD

NATURAL BEAUTY

CURTAIN STALACTITE,

DAN-YR-OGOF SHOWCAVES

DOWN TO THE HARBOUR

CLOVELLY HARBOUR, NORTH DEVON

LAZY SUMMER DAYS

SUMMER OF 2009 IN WEST WALES

END OF THE DAY

SUNSET OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN

VIEWED FROM A PLANE

DAYLIGHT MOON

MOON OVER ELY CATHEDRAL

WELSH FORTRESS

CONWY CASTLE, NORTH WALES, WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1283 AND 1289, DURING THE REIGN OF

KING EDWARD I.

WHO GAVE YOU YOUR PERM?

CAN YOU NAME THEM? I CAN'T!

HE'S BEHIND YOU!

DINOSAUR PARK, SOUTH WALES

HEART'S CONTENT

PRETTY NAME FOR A PRETTY PLACE

(REMINDER: CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

DECISIONS, DECISIONS!

SHALL I WALK ON THE ICE OR SWIM?

ICE ON THE POND

KEEPER'S POND IN WINTER

ON THE AVON

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON,

WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND

COUNTRY CHURCH

ST CYBI'S CHURCH, LLANGIBBY,

MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES

IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRENEES

GAVARNIE, FRANCE

CASTLE VIEW

RIVER WYE FROM CHEPSTOW CASTLE

REMINDER: CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE

MALTESE CHURCH

CHURCH IN MARSAXLOKK, MALTA

SECLUDED HARBOUR

LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE

NESTLED IN THE VALLEY

ROMANTIC RUIN

WHITE CASTLE, MONMOUTHSHIRE,

SOUTH WALES

END OF THE LINE

DISUSED ENGINE AND FORMER

RAILWAY STATION,

NOW A MUSEUM.

LAKESIDE

LAKE LLYN, SNOWDONIA,

NORTH WALES

STILL BUSY

THE OLD RAILWAY STATION AT TINTERN, IN THE WYE VALLEY. IT IS NOW A POPULAR PICNIC SITE.

GREEN TRANSPORT?

TRAM IN DUSSLEDORF, GERMANY

GEORGIAN SPLENDOR

ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH

ARE YOU TAKING MY PHOTO?

I MAY BE SMALL BUT I'M GORGEOUS!

IS IT ON TIME?

INTER CITY 125

INSIDE A GREAT ENGLISH CATHEDRAL

THE CHOIR, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL

CAERNARVON CASTLE, WALES

IN JULY 1969, CAERNARVON CASTLE WAS THE SITE OF THE INVESTITURE OF PRINCE CHARLES AS PRINCE OF WALES.

A DOG'S BEST FRIEND?

COLOURFUL FIRE HYDRANT

"THIS OLD HOUSE"

IF THIS OLD HOUSE COULD ONLY TALK,

WHAT STORIES WOULD IT TELL?

THE PUB ON THE HILL

THE SWAN INN, PEMBROKESHIRE, WALES

UNUSUAL SCULPTURE

THIS SCULPTURE IS UNUSUAL AS IT IS CARVED OUT OF A BLOCK OF MARGARINE

WATCH YOUR STEP

STEEP, STEPPED STREET IN VALLETTA, MALTA

IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLAND

LOUGH KEY, COUNTY ROSCOMMON, IRELAND

SPRINGTIME IN NORWAY

A NORWEGIAN WATERFALL

VICTORIAN MANSION

MARGAM CASTLE, PORT TALBOT, SOUTH WALES

WAITING ON THE TOWPATH

HORSE DRAWN BARGE

LIFE SAVER

EARLY GAS MASK USED IN THE TRENCHES DURING WWI

MAYO NIGHT

WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND

COMMEMORATIVE WINDOW

STAINED GLASS WINDOW COMMEMORATING JOHN CABOT'S DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1497

THE FOG COMES ROLLING IN

SEA FOG APPROACHING THE COAST

SOMETHING TO LOOK UP TO

A BEAUTIFUL CEILING IN

CASTELL COCH,

SOUTH WALES