Snow in Parc Natur Penglais (photos taken on 4 March 2006)

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Parc Natur Penglais is a Local Nature Reserve in the woods and former quarries which overlook Aberystwyth from the North. March 2006 started cold, and several inches of snow fell on the morning of 4 March.

The entrance to Parc Natur Penglais from the grounds of Plas Penglais

Several trees came down this winter

The beeches

The wall which supports the path is being strengthened

Oak buds

Looking down across the lower quarries

The upper quarries

The pier and Old College seen from the upper quarries

Crows at the top of the quarries