Sunday, August 26, 2012
Pictures from the car
Today has been Sunday...the first day of the rest of my life.
It was a day to sort out a few things and make the house tidy. Bill used the time to sort out the garden - grass cutting time.
It wasn't time for sleeping...but that's what I did after lunch and our quick trip to Sainsbury's for milk and some vegetables for the week.
I turned on athletics from Birmingham...and then fell asleep until Frieda came round. Bill made us both a cup of tea.
I had begun to sort out photos from the last week.
The first day is now on facebook. I had taken photos as we journeyed in the car. A friend from Canada and commented that she had heard that Wales is very beautiful. I wanted to show that what she heard is so right.
So here is a small selection.
We begin with our picnic spot by the Llangollen Canal.
The canal was very busy with narrow boats - the summer holiday boating holiday makers.
This spot is a special attraction for narrow boat enthusiasts, being so near the famous long, high aqueduct of Pontcysyllte.
The village clings on to the hillside.
Sadly, the aqueduct pub is closed.
Strange that a pub close to a canal and on the A5 can't attract enough custom.
We didn't walk to the aqueduct this time - it was getting quite late in the day.
This picture creates an illusion - a little like the arches are very small and sunk into water.
Definitely not so.......
This is a website picture.
We have walked across a few times...it is really high.
Gentle hillsides before we reached Snowdonia.
The road across north Wales.
Spectacular rocky peaks.....past and present north Wales people would be able to tell me the name of this peak. Happy days, Ashley!
And now we are drinking tea in our friends' lovely kitchen, looking over the stable style door to the lovely garden.
There will be more pictures tomorrow.
Now its time to get ready for bed and maybe watch Judge Gently on TV.
It was a day to sort out a few things and make the house tidy. Bill used the time to sort out the garden - grass cutting time.
It wasn't time for sleeping...but that's what I did after lunch and our quick trip to Sainsbury's for milk and some vegetables for the week.
I turned on athletics from Birmingham...and then fell asleep until Frieda came round. Bill made us both a cup of tea.
I had begun to sort out photos from the last week.
The first day is now on facebook. I had taken photos as we journeyed in the car. A friend from Canada and commented that she had heard that Wales is very beautiful. I wanted to show that what she heard is so right.
So here is a small selection.
We begin with our picnic spot by the Llangollen Canal.
The canal was very busy with narrow boats - the summer holiday boating holiday makers.
This spot is a special attraction for narrow boat enthusiasts, being so near the famous long, high aqueduct of Pontcysyllte.
The village clings on to the hillside.
Sadly, the aqueduct pub is closed.
Strange that a pub close to a canal and on the A5 can't attract enough custom.
We didn't walk to the aqueduct this time - it was getting quite late in the day.
This picture creates an illusion - a little like the arches are very small and sunk into water.
Definitely not so.......
This is a website picture.
We have walked across a few times...it is really high.
Gentle hillsides before we reached Snowdonia.
The road across north Wales.
Spectacular rocky peaks.....past and present north Wales people would be able to tell me the name of this peak. Happy days, Ashley!
And now we are drinking tea in our friends' lovely kitchen, looking over the stable style door to the lovely garden.
There will be more pictures tomorrow.
Now its time to get ready for bed and maybe watch Judge Gently on TV.
