How has a week gone by already?
Much busy-ness here in Wales, I've been busy varnishing floors, painting doors, making cakes, cutting grass, preparing to mark exam papers and trying to get a new business started!
However I do have pictures for you, yesterday we went for a walk through some disused gold mines above Barmouth. Seemed fitting as all royal wedding rings are made from Welsh Gold, all the mines are now closed, and the Queen has some of the last of the reserves, maybe by the time she runs out the mines will have become economical to work again, after all, there is a finite amount of gold in the world.
These mines are now owned by the RSPB and are run as a reserve, it made a really nice change to walk through open deciduous woodland, rather than the more common conifer plantations.
The dogs were rather happy we found them a river to swim in, the hot weather here is continuing. A bit of rain would be rather useful, the garden needs water, and our water supply comes off a spring.
The end of the walk gave us views down in to the Mawddach estuary, with Cadair Idris in the background. The bridge you can just make out is Penmaenpool, where we canoed along to last week, and where I took
these photos back in January. The weather's changed a little since then!
