Another Walk In The Woods.

We had some sun today but mainly it was cloudy and grey. When I'd finally been able to look at my emails yesterday I found that Sunday's walk had been moved to today and was more of a working party to work on the leaky dams we'd visited earlier in the year. 

But Peter and I had already decided that we would go for a walk in the woods at Tal Y Bont/ Talybont (both versions are valid), as it was a walk I thought Peter could manage so that is what we did.

The colours of the leaves are already beginning to fade but it was still a very autumnal atmosphere in the woods as we walked through a carpet of leaves while the wind sang through the trees and caused a shower of leaves to flutter down from above.

 

I think the woods must be a dog walker's paradise as there are so many paths to explore.

When we'd walked up the lane from the village to the woods I'd assured Peter that we had done most of the uphill work. The main track in the woods did have an upwards trend but I'd failed to mention the steep climb through two fields above the ruined farmhouse. Somewhat strenuous for someone who is not used to walking in the hills. I'd also forgotten about a further uphill section through more fields on the way back to the woods. Ho hum.

When the sun did break through even the hedgerows gleamed.

Having climbed those last two fields we had a good view of the hillfort (above) and in the other direction (below) we could see over the bog with Borth on the left and Aberdyfi on the right. From there it was back into the woods and downhill all the way. A lovely two hours' walk.

Back home I made 'fridge' soup as I was fed up of seeing a solitary leek and a few potatoes lurking in the fridge. Along with a reduced pizza bought yesterday and combined with pieces of bacon and some of the herby onion and tomato sauce from the freezer we shall have a tasty supper tonight.

Then I sat down to do battle with a chat bot. I recently bought two bedside lamps from Debenham's as they were cheaper than from Argos and now I wish I hadn't. One is fine but the other flickers. The only way I could report the lamp as faulty was through Debenham's chat bot. It asked for the order number, photos of the lamp and delivery label and details of the fault all of which I duly gave it. Then it wanted a video which was a steep learning curve for me but I managed it only to have the chat bot tell me it couldn't look at videos! As I was getting nowhere I asked for an email so I could contact customer services. The email it gave me was invalid and it took more hunting around to find a way to email customer services. I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to send both lamps back as a return and pay the few pounds they charge for returns and go and buy the lamps from Argos even if they cost more. Peter looked on-line and there are so many complaints about Debenham's customer services. My advice is avoid them like the plague.