Back at the house, when we finally got ourselves organised and everybody decided what they were going to do (not easy with 26!) a party of us decided to go off to walk up nearby Dolgoch Falls and have a picnic. One of the things that I love about this area are the hillside oak woods which were just coming into leaf. Later in the year Dolgoch will be alive with pied flycatchers and redstarts, but we were just too early; they had yet to arrive from Africa. We did get excellent views of red kites, though, for which this area is noted. It was good to see bluebells coming into flower and also ferns just beginning to unfurl. The woods here resound with the sound of running water and tumbling waterfalls - magical.
The pot of tea in the sun when we returned from the mountainside was most welcome.
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