Bee Nee's photos

After having shown pictures of the Lake District I stumbled across these pictures from Wales. Friends of mine have a house there and we stayed over a weekend. No, this is not the house - although it is also quite old - about 500 years or so. ;-) These are the ruins of the priory of Llanthony which was built in the 12th century. Wiki knows more about it, of course! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanthony_Priory It was also painted by William Turner: www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-llanthony-abbey-d00679 (I mention this because he's one of my favourite painters - and I just found out myself that Llanthony was one of his motifs).

I got lost in total fascination with the ice... although I am not a particular fan of edible ice in winter. ;)

... or better in colour? (Looks like a sort of aquarium now...) ;-)

Better in b&w?

Sorry, Panda, this time as a reflection... ;-) It was such a strange transparancy... as if looking through glass or something. It was no proper ice surface but just a thin layer of little ice drops. One could see the water moving under it. This lake surprises me every time I go there. Today it was stunning again. But pictures follow later. ;)

Hidden image puzzle... ;)

Wooooaaaahuuuu....! ;-)

It was about here that I changed my shoes. Some danger for the ankles to be twisted on this stony path but I was lucky.

This was already quite high up... I unfortunately have totally forgotten the name of the lake. But it was very beautiful in this misty light. We had a short break here and enjoyed some cookies. ;)