I have spent hundreds of hours sneaking around Wentwood Forest and have only been lucky enough to have a few Deer encounters.
I found this Male Roe Deer who stood and stared at me for a while before running into the trees only to reapear further up the tree line and come and check me out again. Maybe he was making sure I wasn’t after his lady who was also in the small clearing.
I’m new to wild camping and it felt like I was diving in at the deep end heading over to the west end of the Brecon Beacons. The weather was nice when I left home, but when I got higher up into the hills it started to get worse. The reports were saying it was going to clear up in the morning so I decided to carry on into the rain and fog, it’s all character building right?
The destination was Llyn y Fan Fach, a lake on the northern edge of the Black Mountain. I parked up and had a soggy hike up to the lake in the driving rain. It was quite windy but I managed to find a slightly sheltered spot to pitch the tent with an awesome view of the lake. Well it would have been if there was any visibility.
Luckily the weather forecast was correct and it cleared up in the morning and gave me some amazing views. A herd of wild horses came to check me out when I was packing my tent away, which was a nice way to start the morning, then I took a load of photos of the lake and mountains. When I went down to the lake there was a guy getting ready to go for a swim, so I had a chat with him before he took to the water.
It’s early in my wild camping phase of life, but I definitely need to get out more.
A new visitor to the garden, that I only caught out of the corner of my eye yesterday. It showed again this morning so I got my camera out and got a few shots. Ive only got a small garden with no lawn, just a patio, some stones and a shed, with a few small trees and plants at the back. Considering that, it’s suprising how much wildlife I get coming to visit.
It looks like a house mouse (Mus musculus for all you latin nerds). It’s really skittish and only quickly pops out, then runs straight back under the shed.
Whoa, it’s been ages since I last updated this site so I better try and get back to doing it more regular.
I am trying to learn to be a better photographer so took a trip up to Mountain Ash Hospital. It’s old, abandoned and the vandals have been in there doing their thing. It’s quiet and out of the way and I am always interested by old buildings and what you find inside them so its the perfect spot to spend a few hours to get some photos.
When I was in one of the rooms I heard a noise, but thought nothing of it. Old buildings tend to make alot of noises which you have to try and get your mind not to listen toobecause it will start thinking it’s a crazy person roaming around with a knife and the taste for blood. OK maybe I watch too many horror movies.
I heard the noise again, but closer and I froze, getting ready for the whole fight or flight situation. Then a figure emerged from a doorway. Oh shit! Phew it was just some other photographers and I think I scared them as much as myself. We had a bit of a chat and they told me about there being a morgue around the corner. My battery ran out and I didnt have a spare so didn’t have a chance to check that out.
Below are some photos I took, the full gallery is on flickr.
View of Mountain Ash Hospital from the roof of an out building
Vandalised room at Mountain Ash Hospital. I like the lighting in this one
My Corrado has been feeling a bit slower and rougher than usual recently and running a bit hotter. I bought myself a cheap timing gun from ebay and went about fixing it.
The crows foot socket is a good tool to have if you’ve grown attached to the skin on your knuckles because it’s kind of hard to get at the bolt holding the distributor tight and pulling the throttle open with a shoelace to keep revs at about 2000-2500 is my finest piece of caveman engineering.
Now that the timing is set properly it feels so much smoother and responsive.