“There was a novelty of things being so close and the landscape changing so drastically, so for me it was quite exciting that I could drive somewhere like north Wales and within five hours and the landscape is drastically different from where I’m living in England.”
He had already visited parts of Scotland, the Lake District and south Wales but it was north Wales that inspired him the most.
He has continually returned to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is in the heart of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia National Park.
“Going to Dinorwig quarry for the first time I was like ‘this is otherworldly, it’s absolutely amazing up here,” he said.
