Os wyt ti'n fy ngharu i
Fel rwyf fi'n dy garu di,
Mal un, dau,tri,pedwar,pump chwech,
Meddai clychau Aberdyfi,
(If thou truly dost love me
As I truly do love thee,
One, two,three,four,five,six,
Say the bells of Aberdyfi)
Last week we took a break up to the Welsh Coast, it is close for us you see and within 1 and a half hours we can be there.
I had booked a cottage called Driftwood with
Wales Cottages
I emptied the fridge into the cool box - threw a few tins in ,dogs beds and blankets piled up in the back of the car - tea ,coffee any fresh fruit and veg in the larder - plenty of warm clothes and of course the walking boots.
Driftwood Cottage was just around the corner from the Penhelig Hotel - and the Penhelig has a dog friendly bar as do the Britannia and the Dovey Arms- nice to chat of an evening to local people and fellow visitors - exchange notes and views and hear about local news - plan walks and places to visit.
On a sad note - so many polive vans and special units were parked up - we asked why and were told that they were part of the search for little April Jones who was taken a few months back.
On the Sunday we went to St Peters Church - it was a lovely service for Mothers Day later that morning we had booked for Sunday lunch at the Penhelig - mine being a veggie dish and I had my first taste of seaweed - delicious!-
afterwards we walked along the sand dunes
- so cold and wild
but miles of sands - the dogs loved it.
Aberdovey is very picturesque so much time during the week was spent pootling around (if there is such a word)
We did however do two four mile walks
- Dolgoch Falls and the hills above Aberdovey
- oh it was so cold
- see by the icycles in the pics !!
- we intend to return later in the season to get pics of the steam train
crossing the viaduct - when the Tallylyn railway opens for the summer session. - well maybe -we shall see.
The one evening we popped over to Aberystwyth
to see the starling roost - the birds swoop in time and time again and under the pier - I have tried to show the magnitude of the occasion but my camera could not cope ( time for a change perhaps !! I have seen this nice little Canon EOS 600D - well who knows - maybe one day.
Apparently as many as 650.000 starlings come into roost at certain times of the year
- there were enthusiasts with cameras set up and on automatic while they hid away out of the cold - my fingers were so numb I had difficulty pressing the buttons. Later we went onto the pier and had a Latte coffee to warm up as we walked in we could hear the birds below.
So that was my world last week a breath of fresh air.
Linking today to
Our World Tuesday - Why not join me ?
.
Os wyt ti'n fy ngharu i
Fel rwyf fi'n dy garu di,
Mal un, dau,tri,pedwar,pump chwech,
Meddai clychau Aberdyfi,
(If thou truly dost love me
As I truly do love thee,
One, two,three,four,five,six,
Say the bells of Aberdyfi)
Last week we took a break up to the Welsh Coast, it is close for us you see and within 1 and a half hours we can be there.
I had booked a cottage called Driftwood with Wales Cottages
I emptied the fridge into the cool box - threw a few tins in ,dogs beds and blankets piled up in the back of the car - tea ,coffee any fresh fruit and veg in the larder - plenty of warm clothes and of course the walking boots.
Driftwood Cottage was just around the corner from the Penhelig Hotel - and the Penhelig has a dog friendly bar as do the Britannia and the Dovey Arms- nice to chat of an evening to local people and fellow visitors - exchange notes and views and hear about local news - plan walks and places to visit.
On a sad note - so many polive vans and special units were parked up - we asked why and were told that they were part of the search for little April Jones who was taken a few months back.
On the Sunday we went to St Peters Church - it was a lovely service for Mothers Day later that morning we had booked for Sunday lunch at the Penhelig - mine being a veggie dish and I had my first taste of seaweed - delicious!-
afterwards we walked along the sand dunes 
- so cold and wild
but miles of sands - the dogs loved it.
Aberdovey is very picturesque so much time during the week was spent pootling around (if there is such a word)
We did however do two four mile walks
- Dolgoch Falls and the hills above Aberdovey
- oh it was so cold
- see by the icycles in the pics !!
- we intend to return later in the season to get pics of the steam train
crossing the viaduct - when the Tallylyn railway opens for the summer session. - well maybe -we shall see.
The one evening we popped over to Aberystwyth
to see the starling roost - the birds swoop in time and time again and under the pier - I have tried to show the magnitude of the occasion but my camera could not cope ( time for a change perhaps !! I have seen this nice little Canon EOS 600D - well who knows - maybe one day.
Apparently as many as 650.000 starlings come into roost at certain times of the year
- there were enthusiasts with cameras set up and on automatic while they hid away out of the cold - my fingers were so numb I had difficulty pressing the buttons. Later we went onto the pier and had a Latte coffee to warm up as we walked in we could hear the birds below.
So that was my world last week a breath of fresh air.
Linking today to Our World Tuesday - Why not join me ?
.
