Llangrannog in the sunshine

The main beach at Llangrannog is busy with bathers and body boarders in the summer holidays. It's much quieter at other times of year.

Midsummer evening

Taken in early evening in late June as the sunlight starts to mellow to a golden yellow. Gorse in all it's yellow glory and you can just see foxgloves in the bracken below.

Rose tinted Llangrannog

On some evenings if the clouds are thin and even the whole sky can light up in the sunset and the water reflects the sky.

St Crannogs watch

The statue of St Crannog stands overlooking the quiet village as the sun bursts into view on this autumn morning.

Natural light show

The day the 2016 fireworks display due to stormy weather provided a little compensation with a natural light show of it's own.

Misty winter sunset

I remember this one well, a miserable dark grey drizzly February day. I went out for a breath of air when the rain stopped and almost didn't take my camera as it was so gloomy. But I was pleased I had when the setting sun burst through under the clouds for a few brief minutes.

Sunshine and stormy weather

Another one from 5th November 2016 when the strong onshore winds caused fireworks to be cancelled. Every now and then a sunny patch swept by and the view burst into colour.

Llangrannog blue moon

After photographing the sunset on Cilborth I was returning across the beach just before I got cut off. I saw the moon over the village and was just abl to grab this long exposure shot before I my feet wet. The Pentre looks so inviting!

Autumn morning

Late in the year the sun struggles a bit to get above the tree line of the surrounding hills. When it does light streams down the valley and onto the beach.

Carreg Bica

A weathered stack of ancient rock stands proud on Llangrannog beach. It's a little alarming how much narrower and overhung it looks now and in old photographs, even just 50 years ago.

Milky Way over Llangrannog

Mid summer but also well past midnight on a cloud free moonless night. The milky way stands tall in the night sky to the south high over the village.

Supermoon super low tide #1

A lone figure walks across the sands past the third and fourth beaches. This was the lowest I've ever seen the tide. Things vary year by year but most times accessing the third beach and beyond requires a swim or at least a wade.

Elemental - fire and sea

I so love the bit after Llangrannog fireworks when the sea comes in to put out the fire. An elemental spectacle for the remaining revellers.

Firework night

We all love firework night, here's a different view point from 2015. It was very windy up on the hill that evening and difficult to hold everything steady. It was an offshore blow however and relatively calm down on the beach.

Llangrannog evening calm

Taken in May, you can tell by the flowers, when the village is still quiet in the early holiday season. It was a very still evening so the foreground flowers stayed sharp whilst the long expose blured the waves in the bay to a pond like calm.

Sunset reflected

Looking away from the sunset towards Llangrannog village on one of those occasions when the light cloud cover across the whole sky takes on a rosy glow.

St Crannog’s statue

The statue of St Crannog, founder Llangrannog, stands high on the cliff top overlooking the beach and village. Legend has it the appearance of dove was the sign for him to found a church here, in this photo it's a gull that appeared (unsurprisingly).

Above the birds

An October afternoon and the sun sets south west, just catching the third beach. I love the gulls flying below our viewpoint in this photo taken from high on the coast path or perhaps part way up to Lochtyn hill fort.

Supermoon super low tide #2

September 2015 supermoon coinceded with a high pressure system to produce the lowest tide and greatest extent of sand that I've ever seen here. It was easy to walk all the way to the seventh beach.

Vilage from afar

Taken with a long lens from across on Lochtyn headland. Autumn light struggles to reach deep into the beach but steaks the bracken with gold higher up the hillsides.

Summer storms

After dark on the day a surprise summer storm and high tide damaged some boats on the far end of the beach.

Minature Village

A grey old day in early May but a patch of damp sunlight cast a soft hue across the landscape giving it an unreal quality. For a moment or two it looked like Llangrannog was just a model village.