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A brief respite in the winter cloud cover was all the excuse Liz and I needed to head off to the North Wales coast for a refreshing walk along the seafront at Llandudno.

But we got more than we bargained for, as although the passing clouds were letting some sun through, the wind was so strong and gusty that it proved difficult to move.

I was particularly frustrated, as I'd wanted to capture a time lapse sequence of the sun setting behind the headland at Penmaenmawr, visible in the winter months from the West Shore at Llandudno.

I tried three attempts from different locations and with different lenses until I finally managed to get the stills I used to make this video, just before the sun actually set.

It was frightening to see just how much a tripod mounted 400mm lens moves around in a breeze, so in the end I used my 24-105mm zoom, fully extended.

But even so, I still got the odd twitch in the video as my camera was hit by a particularly strond gust of wind.

so why did I bother?

It was the amazing quality of light that evening, with the golden orb of the setting sun shining through a glowing haze of sea mist, setting the sky with red fire that reflected off the wet sand of the West Shore beach that did it for me.

There was just no way I was going to miss filming this beautiful spectacle.

I reckon than even with the odd wind induced twitch this is still a lovely sequence.