And A Final Catch Up

To start off some photos that I forgot to post previously

spotted in Llangollen by Andrew - loved the 'bottled by pretty girls' :D

 

Red Veined Darter - spotted on the Montgomery

Thursday saw us stopping at the old mosses by Prees Junction


We stopped initially at the short boardwalk


Not having more info to hand about the walks available, we moved on and moored up again by bridge 44 and went for a longer walk.  There were masses of dragonflies and damselflies, along with a variety of other insect life.  It was quite interesting seeing where the peat mosses were cut.  Commercial peat cutting was stopped back in 1991 and the area has been declared a nature reserve, all 948ha.  We did not walk it all ;) but did take an hour or so to have a look around and let me photograph as many drangonflies that I could, naturally :D
One part of where we walked was near to where the 'bog bodies' were found !
 

Walking to the Mosses

Black Darter's

More Black Darter's

Surprisingly enough a female Black Darter :O

  

Unidentified bug :)

and another one, not very good image though :(

pretty hairy caterpillar - Sycamore Moth

Bog pond with moss ?

More bog pond

an old pathway or drainage ??

Heather

Small Copper

Still to identify

Brimstone butterfy

Speckled Wood

Unidentified bug :)

Black Darter eating lunch

and finishing lunch

Red Admiral

Once we had completed our walk, we decided to continue on to Whitchurch. A short text later to Islonian to let them know, as they had gone up the Prees Arm to have a look there and they were right behind us.  We found great moorings at the top of the arm where is was pleasantly quiet, all set for the Friday market in town. 

Canal side cottage for sale :)

So that is almost it, one last more blog and we are all caught up