Coast and Cathedral

Had a few days off this week, and luckily the weather did actually improve after the weekend - in fact most of the week it has been bright and cold, making for some lovely views along the coast . . .


Also managed a couple of days away in Cardiff, where we took in the sights of Llandaff Cathedral, and its rather frosty graveyard - alongside the shops and curry houses of course!

Got back to a rather cold house - but it's been nice to see some sunshine . . .

Fade to Grey

Well the new year has certainly started with a splash - a miserable grey wet puddley kind of splash.

December had a bright and crisp feel to it:

Alright, the snow was a little annoying if you wanted to get anwhere, but it made for some lovely views, especially when compared with what has followed since . . .




The last few days have been particularly wet - with flooded roads, and heavy grey skies.

Hoping for better this week, especially as we have a few days off - with any luck the Met Office has got it right and we'll see some sunshine!

Croeso i 2011!

With all best wishes for a great 2011!

Christmas Snowmen!

Despite all the snow outside we never did get round to building an actual snowman - although there were one or two to be found inside in the warm as part of what Martin refers to as my 'Christmas Bling' ...







It nevertheless seemed an appropriate theme for this year's Christmas Cake (which it looks like we'll be eating well into the New Year!):

Back to the Future

Another Snow Cat this time an actual one, padding its way through our overnight snow.  

Another 'snow day' at home as well (although did have 'work' with me to do, having planned ahead based on the weather forecast yesterday).

Did take a break from 'work' work to clear enough snow to get the car back up the drive, as the snow had already begun to compact where Martin had driven out on his way to work this morning.

It took a bit of shovelling, but it's all gritted now so hopefully should be ok.  It does look rather look like someone took a certain DeLorean down our drive though!

Wind and Rain and Ice and Snow

November this year had it all - well for the time of year anyway:

The cold spell is continuing into December, although here on the coast of West Wales we haven't suffered from anything like the snowfall that Scotland and the North of England have seen.  Although at the time of writing more is expected, and we may yet get that White Christmas!

Butterfly!

Mystery solved - finally got a picture with wings open:

Think it's a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly - I've since lost it again (assume it's found a nice warm dark corner to hole up in!).