With a spare day and a good weather forecast, I embarked on a quick whirlwind photography tour of North Wales last weekend.

I planned a driving route through North Wales with an overnight stop in Porthmadog allowing me to capture a wide range of images of the stunning coastline, mountain ranges, villages and waterfalls along with a little downtime to read a book on the beach. The bright summer colour really shines through in the photographs thanks to the strong sunshine, blue skies and trusty polarising filter to help manage the highlights. Due to the time constraints, I tried to mix in a few well known locations with easy access with some a little further off the beaten track.

Below is a gallery of some of the highlights from the trip: