The big old house is alive with bustle and activity: a meal being
repaired various converstations about the day, children playing. There are 19
of us here; three families, grown up children and their children. In days
gone by we came here each year for 10 years when the children were young; the
ladies decided to return this year to celebrate their 60th birthdays.
After yesterday's thoroughly wet journey to the North Welsh coast between
Aberdovey and Barmouth, today was a mixture of sun and showers.
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| The House |
I was up and out early this morning at 5.30 and on the way down to
the beach at the mouth of the small River Dysynni which runs down from Cader
Idris, looming inland, chair-like, waiting for King Arthur to resume his
seat. The sun was just rising above the
clouds as I arrived and the light brilliant.
It was pure pleasure to have the world to myself during this best part
of the day. I had a splendid time
stalking and photographing a pair of ringed plovers, feeding on the rocks. The light was superb for landscape
photography.
By the time I returned at 7.30 the house was just waking up. Breakfast was a lengthy affair, after which
all parties did their own thing: cycling, swimming, chilling out. We wrinklies or grumpies as it has become
termed opted for a local four mile walk in sun and showers, complete with the
obligatory tea shop stop. Following a
late lunch it was all down to some serious chilling out and I took the
opportunity to photograph the local pied wagtails.
The evening meal was a hectic social affair followed by a
relatively early night.
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| Early light on the Dysynni Estuary |
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| The Dysynni Estuary |
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| The Estuary |
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| The Beach |
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| Looking towards the mountains. |
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| Looking towards the Llyn |
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| Bar Tailed Godwit |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Swallow |
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| Wall Pennywort |
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| Foxglove |
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