Day 243 - August 31st

 The Marigolds in the our back garden are looking beautiful.

Day 242 - August 30th

 

The birds will be having a feast this autumn if the number of berries in the hedgerows is anything to go by.

Day 241 - August 29th

This evening we went to the cinema to see Free Guy. It was the first time I'd been to the cinema since the pandemic began.

 

Day 240 - August 28th

A trip to the Cash & Carry this morning.

Day 239 - August 27th

I found time today for some scrapbooking.

Day 238 - August 26th

 

My dad planted a new Buddleia bush and it's now flowering. 

Day 237 - August 25th

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Day 236 - August 24th

 Shopping with Lara for interview outfits.

Day 235 - August 23rd

 

The sunflowers in our garden have really grown whilst we were away.

Day 234 - August 22nd

 Sloes in the hedgerow.

Day 233 - August 21st

Waiting for the exhaust of my car to be checked.

 

Day 232 - August 20th

Our hanging baskets this year contain a variety of plants from a hanging basket pack from the supermarket. They have done really well and I love these purple daisy-like flowers.

Day 231 - August 19th

At the moment it appears as if every road I usually travel on to work is either closed, has roadworks on it or is part of a diversion. Today my normal 20 minute drive home took nearly an hour.

Day 230 - August 18th

 

Harvesting the tomatoes.

Day 229 - August 17th

Steven had a visitor in his bedroom today.

Day 228 - August 16th

 

Autumn is creeping up on us and the blackberries are appearing.

Day 227 - August 15th

Back from our holiday we are now back to waking more familiar paths.

Day 226 - August 14th

Today we said good bye to Wales and headed home. 😔

Bwthyn Tyddyn Sachau

Day 225 - August 13th

Today was our last full day in Wales and we headed back to Beaumaris.

It was extremely windy but we spent some time on the pier crab fishing and people watching.

Day 224 - August 12th

Today was Wayne's birthday so the day was started with cards and presents being opened.

We then drove to Bodnant Gardens near Colwyn Bay. Bodnant is a National Trust Property founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family before being handed over to the National Trust in 1949. The garden spans 80 acres of hillside and includes formal terraces,  shrub borders stocked with plants from around the world, The Dell, a gorge and a waterfall.

Obviously the flowers were beautiful and we spotted a few creatures too.

After leaving Bodnant we decided to drive back to the cottage via the fanous Llanberis Pass. The Llanberis Pass carries the main road (A4086) from the south-east to Llanberis, over Pen-y-Pass, between the mountain ranges of the Glyderau and Snowdon. The summit of the pass is 359 m (1,178 ft) above sea level. The road descends to Llanberis and the valley is narrow and steep-sided, with rocky crags and boulders on either side of the road 

Photos do not do justice to the amazing scenery.

On returning to the cottage we continued celebrating Wayne's birthday with cake.

Lara chose sparklers for the cake....... and a rather large musical candle which we had to take outside to light for fear of setting smoke alarms off!