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Thick mist first thing this morning, but the weather forecast was good. We grabbed some sandwiches at the Brecon Morrisons and then drove to the car park at the Storey Arms Centre. There were quite a few cars and a couple of Army lorries in the car park. We took the so-called ‘Motorway’ route, following … Read more “Tuesday: Pen y Fan, Snow Bunting, Bramblings, Bullfinches”
We walked to Brecon from the hotel. As we left the hotel and turned the corner we had distant views of Pen-y-Fan. There was a flock of Redwings in amongst the trees by the church. We took a footpath along the River Usk. The river was fast-flowing and brown from the recent rain. Sections had … Read more “Monday: Brecon”
Third Welsh breakfast in a row for R and first for J (nice lava bread and cockles), then we checked out of the King’s Head and drove an hour towards Llandeilo. We parked in the Coed Tregib nature reserve car park and waited for the rain to stop while watching two Red Kites flying about. … Read more “Sunday: Red Kites”
We did a very good walk from the pub. Just under 11 miles around Broughton Bay, Whiteford Sands Bay, Whiteford Nature Reserve and back over Llanmadoc Hill. It was a bit rainy to start with but cleared up and the day was bright and sunny with the occasional heavy rain shower. The beach at Broughton … Read more “Saturday: Choughs”
Cockles and lava bread for breakfast. Then we went to WWT Llanelli. Saw: spoonbills, mute swans, whooper swan, shelduck, wigeon, teal, gadwall, shoveller, mallard, tufted duck, little grebe, cormorant, little egret, heron, coot, lapwing, black tailed godwit, goldcrest, goldfinch, jay, etc. Had the last two pasties in the cafe for lunch, sat opposite the bird … Read more “Friday: Spoonbills”
Rain, wind, traffic, slow tedious journey. Arrived at the King’s Head Inn, Llangennith at 19:45. Friendly but a bit chaotic. Nice beer, wine, venison haunch for dinner.