My name is Walt Carter.  I am a professor of English at a community college in Indiana, but not a native of this state.  I came here to attend college, received some degrees, married, and decided to stay.

 

I grew up in Virginia, in a town called Norton, which is in a coal-mining region.  I find it interesting that near us was a town called Glamorgan (now gone) which was the centre for drift mining.  Small coal cars travelled deep into the mountains to emerge with hoppers full of coal.  Such was the scene when I was a lad in the 40's and 50's.  Now the coal has all been mined and Glamorgan is a ghost town.  It is near the county seat of Wise in Wise County.

 

I am telling you this because there are incredible likenesses between south Wales and the part of Virginia where I grew up.  I noted the rhododendron in the pictures on your site.  We were surrounded, too, with rhododendron, azaleas, mountain laurel, and tons of waterfalls.  It actually made me quite homesick to view your pictures.  Thanks for a superb job.

 

I envy your ability to take those awesome trips into the mountains.  Wales, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful places on earth.  Perhaps someday my wife and I will be able to do the British Isles.

 

Thanks for sharing such incredible beauty.