A lovely walk at Gilfach Nature Reserve

 

Gilfach Bridge, on the long-defunct Mid-Wales Railway.  There are signs saying not to go near or it will fall on your head! You're instructed not to walk across it either.  In their defence, a chunk of masonry and brick HAS fallen from the edge of the archway.

Does this look like a skull to you?  It did to us!!

The NOISE of the water flinging itself down over the waterfall onto the rocks.

Oak moss all over this Hawthorn tree.

Parasol Mushroom.

There were lots of these slabs which had been hauled into rows to serve as fencing.  In this area too were the footings of old Medieval houses.  I thought that these were a row of them to start with but no, fencing they were.  Hence I was looking in the wrong spot for the Medieval footings.

We stood and watched a really huge Red Kite flying around this area - at first he was so big we thought he was an Eagle!  Then we saw the forked tail.

More stone fencing.

Beautiful views, everywhere.

I think it's a Fox Moth caterpillar, but I could be wrong!  The wind was blowing him across the road, so we rescued him with a frond of bracken and put him in the long grass, hopefully heading away from the tarmac.

One of the Russulas.  (Russula aurea?)  Not seen this variation of red, orange and yellow before.  Quite prolific on the reserve.

Fly Agaric - an easy one!

We'll be back.  More words in the morning - I started this too late in the day.