Autumn colours on the Canal. Come for an even better walk!

 I asked friend Pam if she wanted to come along today, and she did, so we went to check out the Vintage/Antique/Collectibles Fair, and it was, shall we say, pretty much as I expected.  Not worth the effort for me.  I bought a couple of pieces of very old Cypriot copper, one is a beaten copper bowl, deep red with age. The other a little mug, with character.

Some lovely paintings in the window of the Ardent Gallery (building circa 1579 I believe).  The top one was my favourite.

This used to be my Bank, back in the day.  Never really noticed the Cupola on the top before.

After walking round the town, and a bite to eat and drink at Gregg's, we headed off towards the canal.  We had an absolutely lovely walk - it was really quite warm by the canal (town felt quite cold, as it always seems to feel colder than where you set out from) and we walked for an hour, taking in the colours, and the scenery, and saying hello to the many people, like us, out for a walk.  Fox (Pam's dog) thought it was wonderful too.

Mallards, in tens and nines.  It was roughly two drakes to every duck.

Those sherbert yellows were amazing.  There were a couple of these little pleasure hire boats out on the canal.

Reflections.

What I was trying to capture in these two reflections was the sort of visual refraction of the water, which had broken up into horizontal stripes across the canal.  It was fascinating to see, but I needed a camera better than the one on my phone. The 2nd photo shows it better.

We walked and walked and really didn't want to turn around and come back, but needs must.  It was such a magical walk, the sunshine and the colours, and the countryside - just absolutely lovely and we both really benefitted from being out.  We forgot all our troubles and the worlds' troubles and it just felt good to be alive.

A busy weekend

We were standing at Brecon Militaria Fair yesterday.  I took a break and had a walk along the Brecon canal.  This beautiful garden (lots of Aquilegias) is by a little bridge over the canal.  This photo, btw, took FOURTEEN MINUTES to load.  Are you listening, BT?

Isn't this pretty?  There is a busy road the other side of it, which leads from the by-pass into Brecon, but I dare say the quiet canalside at the backmakes up for that.

A view of the allotments, which were all neat and tidy and folk busy working on them.

Isn't this a lovely spot?  The pink cottage is just the other side of that bridge.  A family had hired a little boat and a lad of about 9 or so was having his first chance to "drive" it!  Much hilarity.  I couldn't help thinking, this is how children should be brought up.

A couple of shots along the canal basin and just leaving it.  For some reason the photos got loaded last-first, so I have foolishly loaded them in the same way.

Water Wagtail on the tow path.  I've always loved Wagtails (Polly Dishwashers my mum used to call them).  We have these about the place sometimes, but I wish they wouldn't come near our ponds because of our cats.

A last one of the allotments - taken because those yellow Lupins looked splendid.