Sunny.

Another view of the Carpathian mountains. You may be able to view a video here of Russians protesting against the war in St. Petersburg 10 days ago.

Here the high clouds did not stop it from being a lovely day. Warm with light winds.

It seems the builder is planning to come on Monday so we were able to go ahead with our day out. Not the RSPB nature reserve I was hoping for but  the sand dunes at Ynyslas (in- iss- lass) and then back through the fields and the salt marshes. An easy 2.5 miles. The change of plan was down to Peter's lack of spirit of adventure and the fact that it costs £6 each to visit the reserve. I'd chosen it because it was somewhere new and had a couple of 1.5 mile walks through a salt marsh and a woodland on well laid paths which I thought would be better for Peter's ankles and knees which give him trouble when we walk on the beach. Never mind, I shall go there on my own as it's not far and sounds interesting.

Parking on the beach (£2) we could see across the River Dyfi to Aberdyfi and the route we walked on our visit last week.

They were doing some repairs to the deck around the visitors' centre but in general the board walks and paths are well maintained. Just thought, I should have gone into the toilets to see the mural of the water cycle painted by Dean, one of the owners of the zoo.

The paths on the far side of the visitors' centre have been resurfaced with broken seashells, the same kind that were common on the beach at Aberdyfi. I wonder if they were collected from there? The paths looked amazing as the shells sparkled in the sunlight. 

The sand dunes are very reminiscent of Braunton Burrows though much less extensive.

This time when we got to the beach we turned left which gave us the view back to Borth.

Turning towards Aberdyfi again there were a few more people on the beach though being near the mouth of the river there are signs saying No Bathing and also No Digging in the dunes beacause of the possibility of unexploded ordnance. Still one small child was having a great time splashing in the pools between the shingle and the sand while his parents looked on

This time our route took us back across the dunes and the golf course then through the fields to the boatyard (photos tomorrow) and back along the saltmarsh. There we sat on one of these large rocks to have our coffee and some apple cake before returning to the car park.

Back home I sat on the terrace for a while before going out to do some work in the back garden. I made a cloche from two pieces of perspex (a shame the builders damaged them when they took the terrace railings down even though I'd asked them to save the perspex) and planted a short row of mixed lettuce. I also planted some ornamental grasses in the holes in the concrete so that I can start bringing up the small pebbles from the front garden. Then I did some rearranging of my gardening stuff in the garage which hopefully won't have interfered with Peter's workshop plans.

Last night we had a pretty sunset. The clocks go forward this weekend which will give us more sun on the terrace and sunsets at supper time. Worth getting up an hour earlier for.