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Don’t normally like cute cat photos, but will make this the exception! Image of the Week #66
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It’s that time of year again!
The tree is up! Our little extravagance is to get a big tree. With these high ceilings, anything smaller than 10ft looks tiny. Its is quite an undertaking to clear a space for it and getting it up, let alone decorating it. Image of the Week #65
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Churchyard wall
The boys love to sit on the churchyard wall and feed the horses in the field. The grass has just been cut, so there are arm fulls of ready cut grass to be thrown down to the waiting horses… with a fabulous view over Welshpool to boot! Image of the Week #55
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They’re home!
They’re home! For the past two and a half weeks, Karl and Owen have been on quite an adventure. They went to the Salt Flats in Utah, USA, where they took part in Bonneville Speed Week. For 18 months, Karl and two friends from work, have been working towards this, by building and modifying two vintage BSA Bantams to attempt…
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Results from our moth night
After pouring over our new Field Guide to Moths book, I think I have successfully identified the moths we saw during our moth hunting. They are so beautiful and varied, as are their names! Silver Y : Small Phoenix : Sharp-angled Carpet : Mother of Pearl Over two consecutive nights we saw: Brimstone Moth : Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing :…
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Moth hunting
Inspired by a recent Moth and Bat evening we attended recently, organised by Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, we have been doing our very own moth hunting this week. We set up a makeshift ‘trap’ with a lamp and a white sheet, outside the back door of the church, and waited to see what would appear. It was completely fascinating, and when…
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Counting butterflies
We have been taking part in the Big Butterfly Count over the past couple of weeks. The idea is to record which butterflies you see during 15 minutes, to give a snapshot view on butterfly population and how they are faring, especially after last year’s washout summer and this year’s cold spring. We have really enjoyed taking part, and the…
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TEN years of Christ Church life!
Today marks TEN years of being the proud, crazy, petrified, brave, naive, determined, eccentric and at times overwhelmed owners of Christ Church. And what an amazing decade it’s been… 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013… There have been TEN years of hard graft, laughter, researching, carrying, planning, sweeping, hammering, rearranging, sawing, digging, wheelbarrowing, scaffolding, scraping,…
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Now Showing… no more
We were all really saddened to read on My Welshpool that the Pola Cinema is to close its doors later today. This family run, independent cinema has been such a huge credit to Welshpool. Since living here, we have enjoyed the privilege of being able to walk down to the Pola to watch the latest blockbuster. How amazing that you…
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A break away… Dolgellau
Earlier this week we had a few days away in our beloved caravan to Dolgellau. It’s only an hour up the road, but the dramatic landscape makes it feel a world away. The mountains, the woods, the farmland with its dry stone walls, the cuckoos… all make it a wonderful place to explore. The weather was mixed, but we had…
