Day Two of the invasion

We went to Brecon first for a look round. The main branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal ends there and that is the most photogenic area of the town.

I have no real idea what this is but it is part of the original buildings around the canal basin, it's now a boat hire place.


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Invasion,day two part two

On our way into Brecon we stopped at a lay by to have coffee. Now lay by to me speaks of a crowded piece of tarmac just off a noisy busy road with lorries all round you and the smell of burning bacon from the snack van. This was out lay by



and the smells from the snack bar were very tempting. Across the road, on the right, were open fields with Brecon in the distance and to our left, beyond the hedge was an old farm house that looked to me as if it had been built encapsulaying in stone a medieval long house some time in the 18th century. I couldn't get a good view of it but here is the best one.
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Day Three of the invasion part three

You have already seen the panorama of the Llangors Lake, meet a few of the natives. These are two of many very tame wild swans, the tourists feed them. From their behaviour over the ten minute I observed them, the one in front is a female probably too young to mate but old enough to attract the male . He was chasing her all over the place and she was running away not running to be caught.

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Under the cut are the cut are the other natives.
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Day Three The Forrest of Dean

It was only half a day really. After being out for so long the day before we had a lazy morning so we set out about 10:30 crossed the old, and much more elegant, Severn Bridge and got to Coleford around 12:00. We were planning to have a look round and then find some where out of town to eat our picnic. We couldn't find any shade to park the van in so we went straight back out the way we had come in and head to Clearwell Caves. These aren't natural caves but caves that have been created by man mining for iron ore and ochre. This mining started 4,500 years ago and is still going on today, though they are making a lot more out of tourism now that they do from their mining work. You can find out more about them here http://www.visitforestofdean.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=13&venue=1300453

This is the reason we needed shade to park and leave the dogs.



Not a cloud in the sky and temperatures up in the late teens. That was taken by me just pointing the camera at the sky over my head.

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