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LOL'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WALK
Sunday Feb 29th
PHOTOS BY RAY, LOL & TONY (click to
enlarge)
The snow had fallen a couple of days before and
was followed by a weekend of perfect sunshine.
It was cold but sparkling and really warm when
you were out of the wind. Over thirty people and three dogs
gathered in Rhayader including a seven year old, several teenagers
and Van, older even than Lol!
The route took us first into some woods, where
the wood-ants were retreated deep into their piles of needles.
We stopped for a while on a bank under the trees.
Next bridle-ways and old tracks (one had drifts of birthday
icing)
led us to a ruined traditional long-house at
the foot of the mountain, beside the gate onto the open hill.
We stopped here too.
"That way next", said Lol
Through the gate a steep track took us half way
up the mountain where a stream fell over two falls. Here we
stopped for lunch.
Lol climbed a tree for a good view of the longer
drop.
We carried on up and onto the plateau where a
lone group of trees marked the ruins of an old enclosure -
Pantyllyn.
Crossing the plateau we reached an outcrop beside
the main track which crossed the mountain.
Above this stands the trig point with the longest
views . Some of us went there too.
Finally we turned round and took the main track
across to the Saeth Maen standing stone on Dderw Hill.
And then followed the ridge down the hill into
Rhayader as the sun dropped purples and pinks onto the snow.
Everyone who could make it was invited back to
a Ant & Gina’s where lots of lovely food awaited
and we all feasted. It was a wonderful celebration. Tamlyn
who was working all day at Wetherspoon’s in Hereford,
caught the last bus to Llandrindod and joined in the evening.
At midnight I was 60.
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