Bits and Bobs.

No sun at all today. We had a dry morning but by the afternoon the rain had set in getting heavier as the day progressed.

We were up in good time to head off to Mach to meet our friends in the library only to discover that it's not until next week. We must have been rushing last time and I forgot to write down the date of our next meet up, something I've always done up till now. It's usually every two weeks unless one of us has other commitments. At least I was able to take a large box of books and some coats to the charity shop and then came out with a brand new insulated bag in a purple pattern (of course) for £2. I've just seen the exact same one on eBay for £12.

 

Returning home I carried on with sorting out in the bedroom and managed to go through a whole chest of drawers. They're a lot tidier now and I've even got another bag of clothes to take to the charity shop. Afterwards I abandoned the bedroom and did some organising of the random photos on my PC. I download daily from my camera into dated files and keep a record in a diary but I also save photos I find on-line. These two seem quite appropriate when Spring cleaning.

And now for a few more photos from yesterday -

I hadn't found out much about the hillfort until I began researching the memorial stone that was sitting in the middle of the hillfort. It turns out Emyr Wyn Davies farmed Llety Evan Hen farm (with his son) in which the hillfort stands. (Emyr is buried in the church yard at Bont Goch) Then I found out that the hillfort is also known as Llety Evan/Ifan Hen (Old Evan's house) and also Hen Gaer (old fort). Using those names I found more photos of the iron age hillfort but nothing more about the standing stone or the large stones in the centre of the hillfort. Another interesting fact found when going through parish records were the 36 Elizabeth Davies many of whom lived in the neighbouring village. At first I thought this might be linked to the popularity of the Queen but some of the Elizabeths were from the 1800s. Just a popular name I guess.

Emyr Wyn Davies 1942 - 2022.

Llety Evan Hen is an organic farm and the meat is sold through Rattray's the butchers in Aber where we buy locally produced meat. Another neat link. All the sheep looked very well cared for with plenty of salt licks available and fodder beet from the neighbouring field for them to eat.