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I had a piece of yew to make a handle for a small knife I'd forged from a piece of car coil spring and couldn't believe how tough a wood it was, it was easier to shape using a flap wheel on the angle grinder than with a chisel !Yew, a softwood but one of the hardest, loved turning yew…
I can't remember which side faced out, but English Longbows were made of yew and you had to use a section that incorporated the red heart wood and the white sap wood. One is great in tension, while the other is great in compression making a fantastic natural spring ?
Summit of Snowdon. Up via the Pyg track and down via the Miner's track. Very windy but mostly dry.
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Nice one, looks like you were lucky with the weather and visibility. Despite living in Wales for 20 years I've never been up Snowdon, and now never will be since they changed its name to Yr Wyddfa
Done many of Scotland's Munros in my younger days, sadly those days are behind me
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Some of my camelia's in the garden
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Yes, visibility was generally excellent with the summit only occasionally vanishing in low cloud. Probably as clear as I've seen it on many previous hikes up. Could see accros the Menai Stairs and the whole of Anglesey, the whole of the Llyn Peninsula and all accoss North Wales. Too cold and windy to linger long at the top though!
You were lucky with Snowden weather wise. I have done that route in both directions a couple of times.
On one occasion the weather forecast was looking good but the wind changed direction and tried to blow us off the top. Next visit the weather was clear but the area around the top was packed and you couldn’t get near the cafe.
Sadly it’s not a place to go in the summer. I watched a line of people stretching from the PYG car park as far as I could see.
On one occasion the weather forecast was looking good but the wind changed direction and tried to blow us off the top. Next visit the weather was clear but the area around the top was packed and you couldn’t get near the cafe.
Sadly it’s not a place to go in the summer. I watched a line of people stretching from the PYG car park as far as I could see.
Cafe still closed and the rack railway also not running, so quiet at the top. No need to queue for the obligatory selfies on the trig point!
We've been up before when it's an absolute bun fight.
Seven of us yesterday - our eldest daughter, her partner, and her partner's family. Top day out.
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Who else counted the handsCafe still closed and the rack railway also not running, so quiet at the top. No need to queue for the obligatory selfies on the trig point!
We've been up before when it's an absolute bun fight.
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Seven of us yesterday - our eldest daughter, her partner, and her partner's family. Top day out.
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Motignac, just north of Sarlat.
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Looks nice, is there an Aire there. Cheers
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Yes
https://www.campercontact.com/en/france/nouvelle-aquitaine/montignac/24518/aire-municipale-montignac
Good aire with 16amp electric included. Short walk to town with lots of bars, restaurants and shops.
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It's one of my planned stops to see Lascaux on the way back from Spain.
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Probably a woman driverView attachment 888051Walk along the Thames path today, feel sorry for whoever this narrow boat belongs too, so much flooding this year
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Looks like something off Dr Who
Very clever
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We stayed there last year. Nice quiet spot. Enjoy
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And there was/is a free one by the sports complex next to the river
I thought we were in for rain last night with these clouds.
My newest Clematis putting on a show
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Interesting looking park-up. Where is it?
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In Portugal at Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
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In Cahors today
In Cahors today
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This gate was on a walk from Brownsham to Clovelly in North Devon today.
We weren't sure whether to go through it or round it. We went round it, but made sure it was shut so the sheep didn't escape.
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