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With my tongue only slightly in cheek: Edward Weston apparently said “Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn’t photogenic.” OK, it should have been 457 metres, but Weston was American. But is this true in Britain, now? No it's not, and indeed the reverse is true - for a landscape photographer in the UK, nothing is worth photographing unless it's more than 457 metres from a road, and preferably much more. Why? Because everything close to a road has been done, and often overdone. Locally (north Wales) there's the lone tree of Lyn Padarn, the Snowdon horseshoe from Llynnau Mymbyr, South Stack lighthouse, all the castles - I could go on. To produce photos that are a bit different, a map and a good pair of boots are as important as the camera. Boots that will take you more than 457 metres.