One of the unexpected side effects of landscape photography is that I occasionally set out in search of a photograph and accidentally stumble into a history lesson. That is exactly what happened when I visited Buarth Brwynog near Trawsf...

Sometimes when I am out looking for a scene to photograph, I wonder what I must look like to anyone watching. If they are of a certain age, they would probably think they were witnessing a lost episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Perhap...