Tywyn and Aberdyfi.

Today has been dry, sometimes sunny, sometimes grey with a chilly breeze.

Nevertheless I've had a lovely day as we've had one of our rare days out. I even managed to nip into two charity shops for a look around. And I think Peter enjoyed it too as he suggested we have days out more often - result!

The main focus of our trip was to drive to Tywyn to get our international driving licences the local shop in this small seaside resort being the only place in Ceredigion where you can get them. (The govt. website said Bow St but they stopped doing them ages ago.) We had everything we needed, cash, photos & driving licences but ran into a problem straight away. As you don't actually need one for Greece which we know but the car hire companies insist, their manual didn't say which one to issue. Luckily the man in the shop searched the internet and found out which one should do. £11 for both wasn't too bad either.

On the way we had stopped in Mach to stock up at the Royal House deli. Paninis for lunch and a pizza pocket (for me) and lasagne (for Peter) for our suppers. 

Coming back from Tywyn we parked in Aberdyfi where we sat on the beach to eat our paninis, chicken, Brie and bacon for Peter and pastrami, chorizo and blue cheese for me which certainly tickled the old taste buds. These were washed down with coffee which we'd brought from home. 

I'm envious of the Aberdyfi's miles of soft sand backed by sand dunes but the fast flowing river (on the left above) makes swimming inadvisable there.

 

Looking across the river Ynyslas was deceptively close,(as Peter can attest after the rowing club rowed across for a regatta) with the white shapes in the distance being the houses and holiday parks of Borth.

Our journey had taken us all the way along one side of the river to Mach where we crossed the Dyfi and came back down the other side of the estuary. Although we can see Tywyn, which is further on round the coast, from here it took nearly an hour to drive there.

All along the harbour wall were families crabbing using bait at the ends of long lines to catch crabs which eventually are returned to the sea. I can just imagine the crabs waiting for the holiday season where in return for sitting in a plastic bucket for a while they get a free meal.

Aberdyfi is a pretty, well maintained village and it was nice to see plenty of people around.

Once we had returned home since the forecast is not good for tomorrow I went out and gave the lavender in the back garden a trim. That's all the cutting back done for now. 

In five minutes I'll be off for my weekly leaping around to disco music.