CLAERWEN FARM, Ceredigion 1991
Notes on CLAERWEN FARM, Ceredigion 1991
A long walk from Teifi Pools, mid-day, mid-summer and hard to believe these images were taken 35 years ago (now being 2026!). The house stands on the border between Ceredigion and Radnorshire and is very isolated. The house at the time was empty. I had hoped to find a window or door open but I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that the windows were nailed down, the doors well and truly locked. I used a cheap Chinese Seagull Twin Lens Reflex camera with infra-red film and hand held the necessary filter in front of the lens, resulting in a little vignetting - this resulting in the dark skies and light, almost snow-looking, grass. House now renovated and lived in.
A long walk from Teifi Pools, mid-day, mid-summer and hard to believe these images were taken 35 years ago (now being 2026!). The house stands on the border between Ceredigion and Radnorshire and is very isolated. The house at the time was empty. I had hoped to find a window or door open but I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that the windows were nailed down, the doors well and truly locked. I used a cheap Chinese Seagull Twin Lens Reflex camera with infra-red film and hand held the necessary filter in front of the lens, resulting in a little vignetting - this resulting in the dark skies and light, almost snow-looking, grass. House now renovated and lived in.
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By David West: I’m a 90 year old ex. rough stuff cyclist who cycled many times, winter and summer on the track between Ffair Rhos and Claerwen Dam and on to Rhayader. My first crossing was Christmas 1952 when my brother and I stayed B&B in a pub in Pontrhdfendigaid. Following morning we found ourselves snowed in and two days later managed to follow a snow plough partway towards Aberystwyth— those were the days — adventurous! with no mobile phone glued to one’s earhole in case of mishap.