Last Thursday afternoon, Tam and I drove up the valley a little way and parked up for a short walk down to the Church of St Davids' at Llanynis. It was ok in the shade but walking in full sun was an ask for me and I was absolutely melting.
Anyway, enjoy the photos. Sorry this is a make-weight post but I'm still getting over the Bug-From-Yesterday which knocked me sideways - I was asleep most of the day, slight temperature on and off and despite being asleep for hours in the day, slept deeply all night. I am glad to say I feel more with-it now, and Tam and I went to Brecon for the shopping as I needed to go to B&M for cheap fat balls, so we got the shopping at Aldi and a few bits from Morrisons. It was nice to get out - went different routes there and back as usual. BIG black clouds piling up as we neared home - got everything unpacked and then the heavens opened and it chucked it down. One of us will have to brave the ladder tomorrow and unblock the gutters though as big hillocks of moss from the roof had dried off and fallen into the gutter. I looked at them this past week and thought, must get those out . . .
Above and below: the pond we walked past on our way to the Church. There were hundreds of tiny froglets and toadlets leaving the pond and we had to pick our way through for fear of squashing them. Unfortunately a little further on beside the river, there were also horse flies and Tam got bitten 3 times, through her stretch trousers.
Oh yes, the dead body. It was away up the field, and I was convinced, from the lane, that this was a dead body - someone crossing via a footpath - and I was worried because it was such a hot day and if someone had collapsed there, they would be in a bad way (or dead). Tam was equally convinced I was a sandwich short of a picnic! Seems that she was right . . . I think it's a fally-down scarecrow!
Oh that dead body! And so many biting creatures. I might stay home indoors, really hate flies, wasps and fish that bite.
ReplyDeleteHah - it had me fooled for a bit! There are always biting creatures in hot weather. Scotland has midges n numbers you just wouldn't believe!!
ReplyDeleteI have a writers' group friend who lives i Scotland and have seem photos of her kids and husband [and presumably her] in full midge face and body netting. Kinda spoils the charm of Scotland. And oddly no one seems to use window screens or AC in the UK.
DeleteMust say, on first glance you could be forgiven for thinking it was a dead body. Glad to hear it was otherwise.
ReplyDeleteHorse fly bites are so nasty...they give me huge welts, as do mosquito bites, which are the bane of existence over here. Late August and September will bring Yellow Jackets--another bad allergy. Between the bugs, heat and humidity...well, doesn't make being outside too pleasant this time of year in my neck of the woods. Will have to view your lovely landscape photos as a vicarious walk.
I think horse fly bites have that reaction from everybody. If she's unlucky, Tam develops Cellulitis, which can be nasty. The Yellow Jackets sound nasty because aggressive. Our homely little wasps are just a nuisance when you are picnicking or there's something sweet about. We used to sell at a tiny Fleamarket in Hay in the Buttermarket - and our stall was the one the bakery sold at the previous day, so covered in sugary bits which attracted the wasps, even after we'd swept it clean.
DeleteGlad you can at least vicariously enjoy our walks anyway. Safer that way!
Oh my goodness. You had me going.
ReplyDeleteI don't need distance glasses any more, but a pair of bino's would have come in handy that day! It was quite convincing!
DeleteI wondered if you had stumbled on a crime scene during your walk. Glad to see it was not that.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I didn't even think murder!
DeleteWell, I hadn't realised you'd moved to Midsomer. Glad you're feeling more chipper.
ReplyDeleteIt had echoes of Midsomer!! Sadly, where we moved from was the vicinity of an horrific murder - programme about on tv last night in fact. A family we knew too.
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