Portraits

Phew! What a week. Today has been the first time I’ve had the chance to sit down at the computer, catch up on e-mails, do a bit of retouching and defrag the contents of my brain from the previous week.

I had such a lovely time away for my birthday. It was just so wonderful being with lots of my friends out in the country, disconnected from the world (checked Facebook/email a few times, phone died when we arrived and I didn’t bother to charge it). The house was an incredibly beautiful barn conversion with a huge family-style kitchen, lots of comfy bedrooms (despite the snorers) and surrounded by sheep (I love sheep). C & I shared the gorgeous master bedroom and when I couldn’t sleep I enjoyed watching the sunrise from our window as he slept peacefully, snuggled into the thick, warm duvet.

We didn’t leave the house much to be honest. On Saturday we went to Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall which was incredibly. I am utterly obsessed with the sound of running water and having not seen a real waterfall before I thought I might die with excitement when we arrived. It was breath taking standing at the bottom and looking up and then later on in the day we climbed the mountain right to the top. This part of the adventure was not so good as I slipped over backwards on a rock at the top of the waterfall and broke my camera lens. BUT, it shall not mar my experience… I’ll post some photos of the waterfall a bit later.

Ate so much food it became a little ridiculous. And really good food. Lots of egg breakfasts, lamb tagine, home-made leek and potato soup (a la Mama), huge huge huge roast dinner, with the last evening rounded off with a curry. Absolutely de-lish.

On the way home we headed by Lake Vyrnwy which was also pretty incredible (and cold). Such a huge expanse of water with a rather odd little castle-like turret sticking out into the water. Reminded me of when E & I drove around ‘El parque natural sierras de Cazorla‘ last summer. Paradise? Will post photos of there at a later date too…

Here’s a rather random assortment of photos from the weekend! Image heavy…