Allt Ddu

Aka the Dylife Gorge. I have submitted this view before, but it seemed particularly fine on this mid-December day.

Old oak wood clinging to the side of the Twymyn gorge.

A very remote farm standing on the moorland plateau below the Carno Wind Farm. Plynlimon SN7886 can be seen on the horizon.

Carno Wind Farm, Link opened 1996, was at the time of its completion the largest wind farm in Europe with 56 turbines installed with a total capacity of over 33 Megawatts. The towers, each over 30 metres high dominate the landscape for miles around. Opinions about wind farms are varied, with strongly opposed views about their value and desirability. On the two occasions when I visited the site, not one of the 56 turbines was turning, despite a moderate breeze. There may have been good technical reasons for this, but it does not make for good publicity for wind power.

Carno Wind Farm, Link opened 1996, was at the time of its completion the largest wind farm in Europe with 56 turbines installed with a total capacity of over 33 Megawatts. The towers, each over 30 metres high dominate the landscape for miles around. Opinions about wind farms are varied, with strongly opposed views about their value and desirability. On the two occasions when I visited the site, not one of the 56 turbines was turning, despite a moderate breeze. There may have been good technical reasons for this, but it does not make for good publicity for wind power.

Carno Wind Farm, Link opened 1996, was at the time of its completion the largest wind farm in Europe with 56 turbines installed with a total capacity of over 33 Megawatts. The towers, each over 30 metres high dominate the landscape for miles around. Opinions about wind farms are varied, with strongly opposed views about their value and desirability. On the two occasions when I visited the site, not one of the 56 turbines was turning, despite a moderate breeze. There may have been good technical reasons for this, but it does not make for good publicity for wind power. This turbine is at the very western end of the wind farm.

Forestry crates an insatiable demand for roadstone which is normally obtained from small quarries within the forest itself.

The sign on the forest road announces entry into Dolbachog, a privately owned woodland managed by Pryor and Rickett Silviculture. A sign behind the camera announces to travellers going the other way that they are entering Forestry Commission woodland.

A dramatic, steep-sided gorge.