Thick fog greeted us on Sunday morning and with visibility restricted to such an extent that even the opposite side of our road was hard to make out, it was clear that we wouldn’t be going anywhere for quite some time. Fortunately conditions slowly improved and by midday it was Read more…
Just when you thought we had winter firmly rooted in the rear view mirror, back it comes with a vengeance. It’s been cold here all week but yesterday hit a new low with the temperature barely struggling above zero. This resulted in a couple of unexpected snow flurries and some Read more…
Today was the very first day of annual leave that I have taken since Christmas, and boy did I need the break. The weather was forecast to be very changeable so we decided to head up to the Lliw Reservoirs above Swansea, once a fairly regular haunt but somewhere that Read more…
With a weekend of very changeable weather forecast we decided to go and explore the Lliw reservoirs that sit in the hills at the back of Swansea on Saturday. The number of birds on offer was relatively disappointing with nothing on the water in terms of waterfowl with the exception Read more…
Well the weekend didn’t go entirely to plan with varied weather and the small matter of a rather important motor race and the return of Top Gear to our TV screens. As a result I didn’t get to visit the places that I had originally intended to. Instead I spent Read more…