...........land of the mist and the sea"........ we sang this at school and for me it always brought up visions of schools of whales cavorting through the water. Well, we didn't see any whales, but the 'Land of our Fathers' is impressive and so close to England. It's an hour from where we are to be somewhere 'different' . Different language, different landscape, different architecture, less traffic and a different pace of life. Driving over the mountains we were surprised by a herd of shaggy wild Welsh ponies, they ambled across the road and looked as interested in us as we were in them. We had booked an apartment in Aberdovy or if you are a native Aberdyfi, a beautiful unspoilt seaport village with miles of sand dunes and beaches, in the midst of Snowdonia National Park.
Pippa the dog loved it and ran like a lunatic through the sand dunes, they are full of rabbit holes and so it was doggy heaven. We arrived back in the village and were sitting on the harbourside eating locally made icecream and we noticed large black nasty looking things in her coat...........fortunately she is well protected against fleas and such like, so they just brushed off. At dinner the proprietor of the restaurant asked if we'd had nice day and we told her what we'd done. She said they never took their dogs into the sand dunes because of the 'ticks'.....yukkkkk! The other thing to watch out for if you're paddling is 'weaver fish'...also nasty little blighters that lurk in the shallows and impale unsuspecting waders with their poisonous spines......we also saw washed up on the beach 'man- o -war' jelly fish the size of hubcaps!!!! We felt safe that it was a real 'winter break' and we weren't tempted to take to the water! So we enjoyed the beautiful peaceful scenery, loved walking in sunshine then blizzards and then sunshine again.....oblivious to the pontential dangers surrounding us. Interesting to note that Aberdyfi is home to the first Outward Bound school, the boats in the photo belong to the Outward Bound school...............we do wish you were here, much love xxxxxxxxxx
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