When you think of Blaenavon world heritage site you might be forgiven for conjuring images of heavy industry, coal mining and steam railways. Whilst these are of course all true what might not come to mind quite so readily are the miles of walking trails or wide variety of wildlife Read more…
Thursday afternoon at Rhossili was very much a zip up, secure hat state of affairs thanks to a brisk breeze keeping things refreshingly cool. Out in the bay a continuous procession of white horses scampered landwards giving the gathered surfers some welcome action, whilst up on the clifftops things were Read more…
Finding hidden gems in oft visited areas is immensely rewarding. Take our high tide visit to Banc y Lord a couple of weeks ago as one such example. Another came at the conclusion of our recent long weekend in Welshpool when, with a few hours spare before heading home, we popped up Read more…
We were three for three heading into Sunday having delivered for my parents Kittiwakes, Mediterranean Gulls and Badgers in spectacular fashion. The only question now was, where did we go from here? Then it hit me and before I had chance to realise what my mouth was saying the words Read more…
I’ve decided that the latter part of 2017 will be focussed on seeking out new walking routes and challenges. We’re already off to a good start thanks to our exploration of Trefil and the Chartist’s Cave a couple of weeks ago and quickly followed that up with a complete circumnavigation Read more…
Originally written 17/07/2017 I wonder if there’s something in the mentality of an islander that causes us to continually seek out other islands to visit. Are we carefully sizing them up against one another, trying to complete the set or simply on the lookout for that next great escape. There’s Read more…
Originally written 12/07/2017 No one could call the weather up until now poor but Wednesday was simply glorious. Wall to wall sunshine, barely a breeze to rustle the bracken and with temperatures troubling the upper teens we had the perfect excuse to deploy our kayaks for the first time this Read more…
Originally written 11/07/2017 After a long journey and two full on days we were well up for taking things a little gentler on Tuesday. Quite how we ended up walking five miles across broken country and rocky shorelines then is anyone’s guess.. Glengorm was destination of choice with a route Read more…
Originally written 08/07/2017 I’ll admit that lying on the pavement at five in the morning trying to explain to a trio of last night’s revellers that the black and white birds I was desperately trying to photograph were in fact Black Guillemots may, to some at least, appear a little Read more…
Remember when I wrote that we’d only ever seen Marbled White’s in England prior to our discovery at Whiteford? Lies all lies. Due to what I can only blame on old age it had completely slipped my mind that last year we’d stumbled across loads of the things literally just Read more…