Campsite News

I took the dogs up the hill again this morning, what a difference a day makes, it was warm and sunny! The good news is that there are now 2 nesting pairs of lapwings, I won’t go that way for a bit, the dogs, being sporting spaniels, won’t harm the birds at all but they will make them fly! They need to be left in peace and quiet now. On the way back we passed the rocky outcrop where the young ravens practice their flying and the two adult ravens were courting! At the bottom of Terrible Hollow we (horse, dogs and me!) put a pair of Mallard off the bottom pond. All that in the space of about a hour…….what a beautiful day, spring was definately in the air!

What a beautiful day, I went for the most lovely ride on the hill this morning. I took Ted, Will’s dog, for the first time, he loved it! My two hunt about always seeking as Cocker Spaniels do and Ted bounced from one to the other throughly getting in the way. The best news was that we (we is me, the horse and the three dogs)saw our first Lapwing. I think it is early in the year for them, he was on his own, but got up just in front of us so I had a lovely view of him, and his lonely ‘peee-whit’ cry, it seems to fit so well with the open landscape of the Aberedw Hill. Its still blowing fit to bust but dry and sunny - a really lovely day.

Phew! I’ve had to be pretty quiet for the last few weeks - but tonight we can celebrate - an England win; Oh! and a Welsh one too, I suppose