W/C 27/04/26

 Rather a busy work week in the accounts office, with the build up to month end, Friday 1st was fast approaching when the department would be very busy, there would also be a bank holiday on the 4th just to spice things up a bit.

But a nice weekend to look forward to, with my daughter and granddaughter coming to spend a couple of days. Hoping the weather would be kind.

Saturday we had a plan of a visit to Kingsbury water Park, nice place for some fresh air and a bit of gentle walking, also hoping to get a bit of a family photo shoot

Beautiful place for a nice easy walk around the ponds, along with all the beautiful birds that live there

It was a very nice place too for some family photos

After the water park we called into Middleton Lakes @rspb which was on the way home for another little walk and see if there was any wildlife about, it was quite quiet on that score but the weather was beautiful and some beautiful spring nature vibes, seeing the ducklings

Back home for a nice restful evening, before a visit to the National memorial arboretum at Alrewas, bit of grey in the skies but there were some beautiful colourful sights on the walk around and by the river, nature is wonderful for that

After a picnic for lunch, we dropped the ladies off at the train station for their trip home

as for me it was an evening of rest, youngsters have the knack of wearing you out, wonderful weekend to end the week

W/C 20/04/26

 Recovering after all that walking on the weekend and getting through the work week, i was feeling quite tired for most of it, not so easy as you get older to recover as quickly

Once Friday came around, there was a bit more enthusiasm to be had

It was going to be a weekend closer to home, plus needed to get some life admin in, like cleaning the cars and the house, washing, all those kinds of things

There was still a visit to Kidderminster on Saturday morning, as there was work going on at the house over there, the garden is so beautiful, so obviously i had the camera to take advantage of anything i may spot😂😉

Lots of beautiful nature and little ones being very busy with it

Back home for a few hours and a few chores, then a bit later on a visit to Middleton Lakes RSPB to enjoy the late afternoon sunshine

First heard it by the sound it was making for something so small it was very vocal, a beautiful Marsh Frog, very well hidden

There were other little ones enjoying the April sunshine too

Had a few hours walking around the lakes, watching the beautiful birds enjoying the spring afternoon, lots of photo ops, the Heron did kind of steal the show

Although it was a close thing with this beautiful little lady

It was great to see them all having a great time in such a wonderful place, thank you to @RSPB for giving us all this wonderful reserves

That is pretty much it on the week, all crammed into one day as Sunday was an at home day for those chores

Nothing to grumble about it was great, sure there will be more travel and adventures soon

W/C 13/04/26 travel and adventures

 Normal start to this week, work for the 5 days, no Bank holidays..sadly

Very much looking forward to the weekend though, as a trip back to Wales, always love those💕💕💕

As you may gauge by now if you read my posts it was up early as usual, on Saturday  morning to head over

First stop was a wonderful walk at Coed y Brenin Forest near Ganllwyd, it was about 8 miles in total, gentle uphill for most of the first half, then a bit of a steep bit to get up for one of my favourite stops for a late breakfast picnic, but being in the trees by the river in the wonderful nature made it all worth while. Weather was a bit grim but never enough to distract from the beauty

After that it was a drive through parts of Snowdonia on the way to the North Wales coast

After meeting a friend who was on a coach trip to Llandudno for a couple of hours and a nice catch up

It was over to our rental place for the weekend for a well deserved rest ,after walking just over 12 miles on the day, i certainly needed one

Sunday was a slower start, the idea was not to do too much walking, that did not last long, the weather was beautiful so it was decided on a walk around the Great Orme in Llandudno, picnic packed and we headed over, it is nice as only about 11 miles from where we had stayed

I love the west side of Llandudno and it is a great place to start the walk, seems like we are some of the few that do it this way around!!

The view walking around is truly magnificent

Some of the little guys 

And a big bonus was to see these beauties enjoying the sunshine in the water off the cliffs

As you get around the Orme you have a wonderful sight walking into Llandudno

A quick visit to Conwy RSPB on the way back to the house, first visit there, the staff were lovely and friendly and we even got to see a little quite rare visitor, not too shabby for a first visit, hope to go back again

No trip complete with out the beautiful Robins

It was a stunning weekend walked over 21 miles, had a mix of weather but as usual Wales delivered it all, i really do love it there😀😀