A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned. Named The Rest, the Grade II listed building in Porthcawl, Wales was built as a convalescent hotel in the early 1860s. It was subsequently used as an auxiliary military hospital from 1915. Between World War I and II, the hospital provided care for more than 2,500 wounded soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The Rest, which sits on a clifftop overlooking Rest Bay, returned to civilian use as a convalescent hotel in 1946, before it closed in 2013. Photographer Shaun Ashford, 25, of Cardiff, Wales, visited the historic site and captured the Victorian building’s empty interiors.
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move.
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly.
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water.
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection.
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food.
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road.
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police.
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog.
