Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Fomapan 100

Here's the original, unedited scan.

Here are the rail tunnels through the castle. These aren't unique in Britain, but are unusual, even surrealistic. This is the edited version, but I wasn't able to decide whether this one was better than the original. Consequently, I've posted both. The DMU was a Class 158 operated by Arriva, but I wasn't able to get the number.

This shot shows the road bridge to the castle mound on the left, dating in its original form to 1826, and the rail bridge from 1848 in the middle.

Many ports and harbors throughout the world are littered with centuries of abandoned boats, and Conwy seems to be one of these. Certainly, few of these boats will ever sail again. Tracing their histories could be fascinating, as many perhaps have not been to sea within living memory. However, the descendents of their owners may still live locally.

Here you can see multiple ruined portions of Conwy Castle.

Here's a shot of the village of Conwy below the castle. Conwy is the seat for the county borough of the same name, which in turn is part of the "ceremonial county" of Clywd.

Here's an interior shot of one of the castle's eight turrets, which were actually built like keeps. Here you can see both where the wooden floors were, and where the hearths were.

This is Conwy Castle, one of the best-known historic buildings in Conwy County. It's preserved as-is, but is largely ruined, which isn't uncommon for European castles generally. The interiors were often wood, and usually these were destroyed by fire, often more than once. Once castles became obsolete militarily, the incentive for rebuilding eventually was lost. However, rot was also a factor. In the case of Conwy, I haven't been able to find out if fire was a factor, but maintenance was stopped in the 17th Century. The castle was originally completed in 1289 for James of St. George. One odd addition is a railway tunnel built through the castle mound and integrated into the castle's design, presumably for aesthetic reasons, in 1848.

Betws y Coed means "Prayer House in the Wood," but this church isn't the original one. This is St. Mary's Church, although I don't have much more information. Betws y Coed has some significance to railway history as it was one of the original stations on the Conwy Valley Line, which was a London & North Western Railway branch that connected the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway to Deganwy, as this connection was necessary for the Ffestiniog's slate traffic to be carried onward via coastal shipping. I don't have information on whether the Ffestiniog's backers contributed to the L&NW's building the Conwy Valley, though.

Here's another shot of the broken turret.

This is one of the other portals of the castle, not yet shown. As you can see, from this photo and the previous one, that the moat has also been preserved.

I also had my Zeiss-Ikon Contina with me on the Caerphilly trip also, and I had it loaded with Fomapan 100. I only selected three of the photos from that day for my Internet photostreams, though. This might be my personal favorite. I'm not sure why.