Martha Morgan Country -- photography begins

A couple of days ago we made a great start to the photography part of the project with a day "on the road" -- so photos are now in the can from St Dogmaels Abbey, Y Felin, Rhosygilwen, Cilwendeg, Pentre Ifan and Nevern.  We were blessed with good weather, and our field party consisted of Rhiannon James (dressed appropriately as Mistress Martha), Steve Mallett the photographer, Kate Lindley from "Refreshing North Pembrokeshire", Rhiannon's dad Cllr Mike James, and me. 

Great thanks are due to Kate and the management board of RNP for supporting the project with a small grant and for admin backup.  Rhiannon -- who is currently Miss Pembrokeshire -- is perfect as Mistress Martha.  She's very patient, very feisty and very professional.  And Steve brings a real photographer's eye to the project, using very moody lighting for some shots and natural light for others -- that was all quite a challenge, given the low winter sun and the cloudy conditions we had for most of the day.  We have had a quick glance at the photos on the camera, and many of them are terrific.  The problem will be to decide which of the images NOT to use!!  Mike is a great member of the team too, since he knows everybody in North Pembrokeshire and knows how to open doors!  Inger's contribution was to organize a hearty lunch for the field party, to warm us up after a morning of photography.  So a big vote of thanks to everybody, including those whose homes we briefly invaded during the shoot.......

Another session is planned for next week -- and we just hope we can find a day of sunshine in the middle of this string of very wet depressions that seem to be marching in sequence from the Atlantic.