I just walked 30km's

"Here's to you". Sarah and I shared a rewarding beer after completing out 30km walk through the Wye Valley. We went from Monmoth to Chepstow. It seemed a lot harder than last time that I walked it a couple of years ago.

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Brecon Pics

Some more pictures from Brecon.

"My oar is broken, I can't do any paddling!"

"Darn! My oar works fine."

Not Bobbie but a the Welsh Canal version!

Weekend in Brecon

Sarah and I escaped for the weekend to Brecon. We found a great little campsite and the weather also turned up. Saturday was fantastic! The sun was out and the day was very nice. We ended up hiring a canoe and going for a paddle down the canal. Very peaceful until we realised that we were cutting it close to getting the hired canoe back on time, so all hands to the engines and off we went. Sarah took a leisurly approach, but I was able to provide a bit of speed so that we did not mis the deadline. Earlier in the day I had stalked a couple of butterflies that were flying around in the meadow where we were camping. I am realy pleased with these two shots. The level of detail that I was able to catch was amazing. I especially like the shot that I took on the top with the purple flowers. I had to chase the butterfly from a couple of flowers to get the shot! They are both croped down to this size and a bit of lucky editing in picasa. I am ver pleased with these.

Monmothshire

 Erin was in town this weekend and to keep ourselves busy we went for a day out in Monmothshire. We headed off in the morning and stopped briefly just north of Chepstow for a walk up a hill and a view out over the valley to the Severn Estuary.

From there we headed off to Tintern Abbey. We had been there not that long ago but Erin had never been there befor, so we decided to visit. As the ast time Sarah and I visited, the ruins of the Abbey were just as impressive. Erin went so far as to say that it was one of the most impressive churches that he had visited on his traves around Europe.

 

A honey bee working the dandylion in the grass of the Abbey. I forgot to change the camera settings and was a bit annoyed wiht myself after I reviewed the pictures. Doh!

Broadhaven Beach

We went for a day trip to Broadhaven Beach a couple of months ago. It was really cold but that didn't stop us having a nice lunch of fish and chips. I jumped off a rock, Sarah got her shoes all wet and we didn't even get caught out in the rain.

twilight at Cardiff bay