The Latch
During my visit, I enter the church via the porch which has an angel topped gate that houses a lock and latch that is a shrine in itself - a secular shrine to its maker.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 20 Jan 2023
It's whilst seeking out a good Danish that I'm at my most vulnerable - have been nearly run over a couple of times whilst transfixed by a shop window full of pastries.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 13 Jan 2023
Llandaff is to Cardiff as Vatican City is to Rome - although on a much smaller scale.
Be there: Llandaff Cathedral Wales in glorious VR
I love George Pace - for me, he was the only architect that confronted Gothic head on in the C20th - turning his designs into a new evolved form of Gothic that was representative of his age.
A Year in the Life: 5 January 2022
I decide to chance it. There’s an inch of snow. I take the tripod off the side shelf of the van and fix my camera to it. I open the side door and lose my footing as I step out of the van.
Aerial Video of St. Melangell, Powys, Wales.
MEMBERS ONLY This really is a magical place - more realm, than place. Because of its location - at the head of a glacial valley, surrounded by hills full of pine and conifer. Check out the yew trees on the boundary (which is Bronze Age) - they are over 2000...
Be there: Pennant Melangell in glorious VR
A bit of respite at Pennant Melangell in the Tanat Valley in Wales
Pennant Melangell-more realm than place...
This really is a magical place - more realm, than place. Because of its location - at the head of a glacial valley, surrounded by hills full of pine and conifer ...
Modern Marvels: Our Lady Star of the Sea, Anglesey
Built in reinforced concrete the nave is shaped to represent an upturned hull. It was designed in 1932 and is strikingly modern in its outlook.