Eagle Owl
Date
26 September 2015
The tenth annual Anglesey Woodland Festival was held in Dairy Wood in the grounds of Plas Newydd on 26 and 27 September 2015. The free event is organised by the Ynys Mon Outdoor Learning Wales Network Group and the National Trust.
Location
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey
SH 52085 69639; 53.20317°N, 4.21601°W
Information
Plas Newydd;
More posts in the Plas Newydd series
Wood carving
Floral headbands and henna tattoos
Cider making
Cider stall
Wood carving
Face painting
Plate spinning
Barista text break
Wood carving
Wood carving tools
Bodger operating a pole lathe
Turned wooden products
Skinning a mole, Tannery stall
Dress and hat
Wood carving
Wood carving
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
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A beautiful set, well done. I didn’t appreciate the mole pic, but everything else was so beautifully done…nice to see the way you are turning your camera ever outwards to some fascinating subjects.
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Thanks, Iain. I have to say I found the neatly arranged row of dead moles on the stall totally unexpected and somewhat disturbing. I nonetheless wanted to document the sight of young hands evidently having fun pulling dead animals apart despite my discomfort with the subject matter.
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Beautiful shots! Great! I wishe you a good evening
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Many thanks!
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Looks like a great day out, love all the photo’s (well maybe I don’t love the mole one- but appreciate it’s documentary validity) especially the face painting one. 🙂
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Thanks, fraggle. (Damned autcorrection wanted to render your handle as ‘fragile’ 🙂 ). It was certainly a very popular event. But perhaps the free entry to the National Trust grounds had something to do with that 😉
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Yes I get the fragile word correct too, most annoying! I am a NT member so don’t get the benefit of free days, but I don’t mind supporting their work, and make use of my card as often as possible.
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Breathtaking views on all these mostly forgotten handcraft activities.
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Thanks!
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YAY! What a fun festival… I especially like the face painting….I want to do that! 🙂
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Thanks, Diana. Yes, there was a lot going on there.
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It’s a nice “handcrafts showroom” ;-).
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Muchas gracias por pasar y comentar, Fran.
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looks like a day with lots of fun!
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Yes! And thanks for stopping by.
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Sorry to have missed this, so thanks for the photographs. Love the ‘crafty’ ones, but also surprised at the mole-skinning, wonder where they get them and what they do with the skins once they’re tanned? Something to look into I think.
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Something to look forward to next year then? Glad you appreciated the photographs.
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Great photos…although the mole skinning photo got to me! I have a pet bunny (and I know that’s been done with bunnies too), so it was YIKES!
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Thanks, and yes the subject matter of that image is rather strong. Glad you liked the other ones though 🙂
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Amazing festival with both light and dark subjects! What happened to the moles’ fur? Were they made into something?
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Many thanks for stopping by and commenting, Poet. Not sure about the skins – I wondered about them too.
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love the second image, wood carving, with the spliters flying in the air… and the face painting image… 🙂 why did they include also the skinning of the moles? I read in the comments why you decided to include that image, I totally second that, though disturbing (I quickly scrolled down), it was still part of the event… nicely done reporage, Graham!!
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As always, many thanks for your comments, Alex. The mole stall was certainly controversial. A couple of people I know who also visited the event quickly ushered their children past that stall when they realised what was going on there.
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what eyes 🙂
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🙂
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