This time we went clockwise
Aug. 29th, 2024 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heleninwalesI have run out of oomph.
We went for a walk this morning and I'm experimenting with moving the big weekly shop to Thursday afternoon instead of Friday morning. I'd also had a text to say my prescription was ready to collect. So, after returning from the walk and having lunch, I drove to the Co-op and bought a trolley full of food. I left the car in the car park and walked through to the chemists to collect my tablets. I just had enough energy left to put the food away in the fridge, freezer and cupboards and then I stopped moving and mooched around on the internet for a couple of hours. Fortunately dinner will be easy, just a curry with some chicken breast and sauce from a can.
Where we went...
We've done this forest walk many times. It's the one I refer to as "The forest walk with the tunnel". It's actually not a tunnel, it's an underpass to take walkers and cyclist safely under the A470 which is the main N-S road through Wales.
We parked in the village of Ganllwyd and walked up beside the village hall. The building was originally a chapel for the gold miners, but was later turned into a village hall. I'll be back there on Monday for the monthly meeting of the Merched y Wawr (the Welsh version of the Women's Institute).
Going up the path we normally walk down. The weather looked dull when we set off, so I didn't take my camera. There are phone snaps. The phone tends to go a bit hysterical and oversaturates the greens. I've toned them back down to more like normal in PhotoShop.
Soon we reached a small ford, but fortunately there was a tiny bridge.
The path from there was very wet and boggy for a while, then turned into what I call "Path or stream?" where water was running over rocks and gravel and it was like walking up a stream bed, but then we hit a dry stretch which led us up to one of the big forestry tracks.
There were butterflies. I managed to get reasonably close and then cropped the photo. I haven't identified it yet, but it's sure to be common. They seemed to be resting on the track, but flew up as we approached.
ETA: It's a Speckled Wood Butterfly. The web page said: "This butterfly has spread northwards in recent decades to colonise East Anglia, the Midlands and almost all of northern England in response to climate change." So I can now add that it's reached North-West Wales.
Here is the underpass which takes you under the main road.
Almost back at the car park, walking down the long hill towards the main road and the village where we left the car. The dots in the distance are cyclists toiling up, pushing their bikes. The ones who zoom up the hills have electric bikes, which I regard as cheating. :-)
We made it back to the car just before there was a short shower of rain. Then it was just a short drive home in time for lunch.
We went for a walk this morning and I'm experimenting with moving the big weekly shop to Thursday afternoon instead of Friday morning. I'd also had a text to say my prescription was ready to collect. So, after returning from the walk and having lunch, I drove to the Co-op and bought a trolley full of food. I left the car in the car park and walked through to the chemists to collect my tablets. I just had enough energy left to put the food away in the fridge, freezer and cupboards and then I stopped moving and mooched around on the internet for a couple of hours. Fortunately dinner will be easy, just a curry with some chicken breast and sauce from a can.
Where we went...
We've done this forest walk many times. It's the one I refer to as "The forest walk with the tunnel". It's actually not a tunnel, it's an underpass to take walkers and cyclist safely under the A470 which is the main N-S road through Wales.
We parked in the village of Ganllwyd and walked up beside the village hall. The building was originally a chapel for the gold miners, but was later turned into a village hall. I'll be back there on Monday for the monthly meeting of the Merched y Wawr (the Welsh version of the Women's Institute).
Going up the path we normally walk down. The weather looked dull when we set off, so I didn't take my camera. There are phone snaps. The phone tends to go a bit hysterical and oversaturates the greens. I've toned them back down to more like normal in PhotoShop.
Soon we reached a small ford, but fortunately there was a tiny bridge.
The path from there was very wet and boggy for a while, then turned into what I call "Path or stream?" where water was running over rocks and gravel and it was like walking up a stream bed, but then we hit a dry stretch which led us up to one of the big forestry tracks.
There were butterflies. I managed to get reasonably close and then cropped the photo. I haven't identified it yet, but it's sure to be common. They seemed to be resting on the track, but flew up as we approached.
ETA: It's a Speckled Wood Butterfly. The web page said: "This butterfly has spread northwards in recent decades to colonise East Anglia, the Midlands and almost all of northern England in response to climate change." So I can now add that it's reached North-West Wales.
Here is the underpass which takes you under the main road.
Almost back at the car park, walking down the long hill towards the main road and the village where we left the car. The dots in the distance are cyclists toiling up, pushing their bikes. The ones who zoom up the hills have electric bikes, which I regard as cheating. :-)
We made it back to the car just before there was a short shower of rain. Then it was just a short drive home in time for lunch.
