Cheers Goldie
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I feel slightly embarrassed that my little bit of fun has been taken so seriously - check out the screws in the Admiral/Lady shot
Cheers Dave
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You are indeed correct the shot was of a seed advert display board. Everything else is kosher though
Welsh Trip 04-04-2015
Despite driving up to the Outlaws on the Thursday it was two days before I could get out with my camera. Our first day in Wales was spent visiting various parts of the local area – the town centre of Aberaeron and also the swimming pool as surprise, surprise it was grey, cold and occasionally raining.
The weather was starting to cheer a little by the Saturday and so we headed to Dolaucothi (is that the correct spelling)to The only remaining Romano-Welsh gold mine. It was great fun donning hard hats and lanterns, touring the mines and climbing out via the Indiana Jones route in the Victorian mine. Up at the Roman mine it was a different kettle of fish with huge workings and a tunnel entrance wide enough to fit a carriage through. There were also some strange Roman numerals, an upside down number 8 written as ‘IIX’ and probably the work of some humorous Manchester Uni students as well as a few web balls from a Cave spider.
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Despite the sun and rising temperatures there was a definite dearth of butterflies here and so on our return home I grabbed my camera and headed up the Lane. The cottage on the corner has been renovated and the angry dog gone so I was free to admire the rockery which formed a combination of bank, wall and boundary. It threw up many different sorts of bees including representatives from Andrena and Nomada as well as Tawny Mining Bees, Red Mason Bees and the odd bumble bee too.
Further up the Lane I was hoping to pick up some butterflies and the first turn off on my left hand side looked like the best bet. It offered me shots of Green-veined White last season so I was hoping for something this time round. In fact I was hoping for anything to be honest as although it had only really been a couple of days it felt like and age since my last butterfly sighting. Just as I rounded the corner a butterfly flew across from one side of the road to the other.
“Why did the butterfly cross the road?”
“To cheer up Wurzel!”
It turned out to be a Small Tort but I really didn’t mind in the least it just felt good to get my lens onto a butterfly again.
On the walk back I stopped at the Rockery again and the bees put on a good show again possibly as a dessert after the main course of Small Tort?
Tomorrow is Llanachaeron and the weather seems to be set to improve slightly, here’s hoping!
Have a goodun
Wurzel