Last night we wandered around Much Wenlock after dinner and stopped for a while in the churchyard while bats flew around our heads. Today was a glorious day for a walk. We went from The Raven to Ironbridge and back. Quiet footpaths and lanes and gently rolling hills. In the woods the smell of the … Read more “Friday: Shropshire”
On Friday storm “Eunice” happened, so we left a bit later in the afternoon than originally planned, and drove directly to the Red Lion at Babcary. Nice room, nice pub, low ceilings, dim lights, lots of horse pictures, very nice beer, pretty good food. Saturday morning at breakfast J predicted we’d see Bullfinches as the … Read more “2022 Babcary, Somerset”
Thursday 23rd December We drove to Romsey in the morning to see J’s mum. Wendy came round for a coffee, then we went out to lunch at the Olive Tree. Around 4pm we set off for Lyme Regis where we stayed the night n the Alexandra Hotel. After dinner we walked down through the town … Read more “2021 Christmas”
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.
Yesterday J injured her left big toe stumbling when coming from the snorkelling boat, and this morning the toe had swollen up and turned purple and walking was uncomfortable. J phoned 111 and spoke to a medic who advised, based on the fact that the toe shade was more inclined to purple than blue, that … Read more “Thursday: travel home”