Shirshasana (headstand)
Date
30 May 2020
Location
Carnedd Dafydd, Carneddau
SH 66288 63048; 53.14773°N, 4.00076°W
Lockdown summit yoga
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Benllech Sand
Handrail I
Date
22 March 2020
Location
Benllech, Anglesey
SH 53030 82267; 53.31686°N, 4.20771°W
Information
People at Windermere
Windermere
Date
27 August 2019
Location
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
SD 39881 96695; 54.36220°N, 2.92670°W
Zip World Fforest Coaster
Fforest Coaster
Date
24 March 2019
Location
Betwys-y-coed
SH 80520 57404; 53.10040°N, 3.78598°W
Information
In March 2016 Zip World Fforest opened on the site formerly known as Tree Tops Adventure set in 120 acres of the Gwydyr Forest in Betws-y-coed. The attractions on offer included zip line and rope courses through the tree canopy, a Powerfan freefall simulator (“basejumping without a parachute”), and a giant swing. The adventure experiences on offer were augmented in May 2017 with the opening of Fforest Coaster – the UK’s only Alpine Coaster. On the first 500 metres of the track, sledges are hauled uphill, from where they then make their gravity-driven descent at speeds of up to 25 mph down the remaining 710 metres of the course.
Further Reading
Fforest Coaster (Zip World Fforest);
All posts in the Zip world series
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond, Luss
Date
20 August 2018
Location
Luss, Argyll and Bute
NS 36077 93038; 56.10188°N, 4.63713°W
Information
With an area of 27 square miles, the 24-mile-long Loch Lomond is the largest inland loch/lake in Great Britain (the largest in the UK being Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland). The loch forms part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, which was created in 2002. There are several islands in the loch, one of which has been home to a colony of wallabies since the 1940s.
The picturesque village of Luss lies on the shore of Loch Lomond and is a very popular tourist destination. The settlement probably dates back to the 1300s and much of the village was rebuilt in the 1800s by the Colquhouns of Rossdhu Castle to provide housing for the workers in their nearby slate quarries.
People in the museum
In the rain
Date
19 August 2018
Location
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
NT 25792 73322; 55.94716°N, 3.18980°W
Information
Portmeirion V – People
Portmeirion
Date
25 February 2018
Location
Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
SH 59051 37200; 52.91367°N, 4.09760°W
Information
RibRide, Menai Strait
RibRide, heading towards the Menai Suspension Bridge
Date
20 August 2017
Location
St George’s Pier, Menai Bridge
SH 55932 72003; 53.22546°N, 4.15953°W
Information
Cable Bay (Porth Trecastell)
Cable Bay
Date
18 June 2017
Location
Cable Bay (Porth Trecastell), Anglesey
SH 33350 70789; 53.20795°N, 4.49683°W
The Great Strait Raft Run II
Great Strait Raft Run
Date
4 June 2017
Location
Britannia Bridge
SH 54165 70870; 53.21480°N, 4.18546°W
Information
The Great Strait Raft Run I
Great Strait Raft Run
Date
4 June 2017
Location
Britannia Bridge
SH 54165 70870; 53.21480°N, 4.18546°W
Information
The Great Strait Raft Run is an annual event that raises funds for local causes. The route along the Menai Strait is approximately 6 km long and starts from Y Felinheli and ends in Menai Bridge, passing under the Britannia Bridge, past Ynys Gored Goch, and under the Menai Suspension Bridge. The raft run started in 1984 but was discontinued later that decade with it being restarted in 2002.
Further Reading
Great Strait Raft Run (official site);
Britannia Bridge;
Menai Strait
People on the Pier – Bangor Pier (5)
On Bangor Pier
Date
2 April 2017
Location
Garth, Bangor
SH 58451 73224; 53.23710°N, 4.12236°W
Information
Central Library, Liverpool
‘Shakespeare Now’
Date
2 July 2016
Location
William Brown Street, Liverpool
SJ 34901 90755; 53.40955°N, 2.98077°W
Information
Corbyn Rally, Liverpool
Corbyn Rally, Liverpool
Date
2 July 2016
Location
Church Street, Liverpool
SJ 34715 90260; 53.40509°N, 2.98347°W
