Seal Seen In The Sea.

It was grey again this morning this time not due to the sea mist but because of almost 100% cloud cover. As I drove to the stables I could see blue shining through the smallest of gaps between the lumpy clouds and by the time my riding lesson was over we had blue skies once more. On my home from town however I could see the edge of a weather front over Borth which eventually hid those lovely blue skies.

As I was sitting outside this morning I spotted a seal eating a large flatfish close to the cliff. I wonder if it is the mother of the seal pup that has been parked under the cliff ? I saw it again at the end of the day fishing in the same place unperturbed by a group of paddle boarders.

    

There were only three of us in the riding lesson today plus one of the girls that works there on the new horse, a very chunky 15.1 cob. I rode Cody again and did much better this time. To be fair I wasn't really on the ball last week. Plus we mainly worked on straight lines and square halts though we could add circles if we wanted. This was to give the new horse a chance to settle and get used to things like the Vale Of Rheidol steam train going past blowing its whistle.

Afterwards I took five bags of garden waste and the defunct strimmer to the dump, bought another tub of paint and had a look at the furniture in Hahav before going on to do the supermarket shopping and have a bit of a mooch round town.

Usually when I get home on a Friday I unpack the shopping, throw my clothes in the washing machine and generally collopse with a large mug of tea for the rest of the afternoon. 

But not today. The first extra thing I did was to dip a number of truffle centres in chocolate as I need to send a birthday parcel soon. Then, as a neighbour was offering cooking apples to anyone who wanted them I took some and made a large amount of stewed apple. Most will go in the freezer and some we'll have with our porridge.

Finally I succumbed to the lure of a recipe from FB. I save so many reels, mainly cakes and desserts because they look so tasty. Today I thought I'd try a baked egg custard as it looked quite simple. Just eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla. The only problem was that the recipe was for an air fryer, which we don't have. But somebody had suggested making it in a steamer which I also don't have and then my efforts to construct one didn't work. As a last resort I tried the microwave (no handy hints for that) and blow me down it worked. I did it on high for one minute, left it for a while, had a look and repeated several times. I was doing the truffles at the same time so didn't bother to count how many times. 

That made a tasty treat when I finally got to put my feet up and the two eggs in it were a boost to my protein intake which I struggle with. (We'll just ignore the sugar though there wasn't very much.)

In the afternoon the sea was completely flat, not a sign of a wave. Perfect for the group of paddle boarders who got excited by the sight of the seal.

Views across to the Llyn.