A walk along the beach and a few finds.
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| It's ages since we've found a Roman fishing weight - that may be a loom weight, but given they are on the shore...although the shore has obviously moved over time ... |
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| Looking west into the sun. |
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| ....and north to Criffel. |
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| Nice ripples. |
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| Skate egg cases - with a couple of dogfish cases. |
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| ..and then there were two Roman fishing weights! |
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| ...and some pretty patterns. |
An earlyish start, being as it was half term, for a walk round Buttermere ...and some of the classic views.
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| Herdie, Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike. |
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| ...and closer up... |
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| The were plenty of autumn colours - sadly the sun wasn't out to show them off at their best. |
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| Looking up the lake ... |
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| Colours - not enhanced - just as they were. |
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| And the classic view... |
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| Plenty of water ... |
When we are on Islay and the sun is shining - Loch Gorm is a fantastic blue colour - a colour we now refer to...and on this day Wedholme Flow's Waters were Loch Gorm blue.
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| Criffel across the moss. |
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| Stone Chat. |
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| Loch Gorm blue ... and Whooper Swans. |
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| Crows mobbing a Marsh Harrier. |
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| Whoopers... |
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| Maybe the last Black Darter of the season.... |
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| Late autumn. |
Just a few photos of sea anemones and shells....I can spend hurs on a beach as the tide drops ...and the paddle was very enjoyable too!
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| Hibernating Garden Snails - apparently the collective noun for a group of snails is an escargatoire, or less interestingl,y a walk, a trail or a garden. |
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| Periwinkles. |
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| Turnstone. |
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| Beadlet Anemones. |
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| Periwinkles and colours. |
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| Snakelocks Anemones - and below. |
After the gales of the morning, a walk out to blow away the cobwebs - and it gradually turned into a beautiful day...a nice light and big waves.
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| Spot the two dogs... |
A quick walk out along the beach and some lovely volcanic rocks. I forgot the camera so phone photos will have to suffice.
A very pleasant walk along the coast from Aberdaron - first inland along the Wales coast footpath which then headed across farmland and then back onto the coast proper. Lots of Choughs, splendid views, warm sunshine and field mushrooms - for tea! St Hywyn's Church is worth a visit too, with its pilgrim connections to Bardsey Island. Click here for more about the church and pilgrimage to Bardsea, where 20,000 saints are supposedly buried and the Britain's first monastery was founded 1500 years ago.
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| Walking inland - plenty of berries and small birds hiding in the scrub. |
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| Sloes and Hawthorn. |
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| Looking east. |
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| Aberdaron beach. |
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| Licheny walls. |
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| Lichen detail. |
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| Warm sunshine... |
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| Choughs. |
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| Late afternoon. |
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| Aberdaron Church. |
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| With this being such a spectacular setting I thought it might have appeared in a film or two - appearently not - just Songs of Praise - several times. |
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| Sixth century gravestones, commemorating the priests Senacus and Veracius. |
