27 Aug 2011
by A Roberts
in Llanidloes, Wild about Wales
Tags: FORDSON TRACTOR, HORSES, Llanidloes, Llyn Clywedog, Penstrowed church, Sabrina, St Idloes Church, SWANS, weather cocks, weather veins
JUVENILE BLACKBIRD FEMALE
BACK OF THE GARDEN CROSS SPIDER
RAINDROPS ON THE COTTONIASTER.
the great oak on the banks of the severn
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rail bridge over the severn at penstrewed known as Daughtys bridge 163/sba1
2 Male and a female Scathophaga stercoraria (L.), the Common Yellow Dung-fly.
POND SKATERS on the river severn , photo taken from penstrowed hall land.
COMMON FROG,RANA TEMPORARIA
http://www.efowl.com/White_Crested_Ducklings_p/1009.htm
a very old granny smith apple tree
sparrow feeding on the ladies mantle seeds
is it a small guy or a big pipe
a quiet practice on the banks of the severn
BUTEO BUTEO. BETTER KNOWN AS THE BUZZARD.
UNLIKE THE SWALLOW THE HOUSE MARTINS NEST IS NOT AS NEAT
this nest is in the Penstrowed church porch

Penstrowed Church
HOUSE MARTIN,DELICHON URBICA.
I see the banks are in trouble again
the suspense is too much for me,
Lanidloes Powys Mid Wales

view of the old market building from China Street on arrival I was greeted by a thunder storm


some history on todays walk

The half-timbered Old Market Hall stands at the crossroads of the four streets of the original town. Built around 1600, it is the only surviving building of this type in Wales.azzise court were held in the hall around 1605,John Wesley preached from a pulpit stone on the open ground floor in 1748.

Oak street and the old market building

The town hall built in 1908 opposite the trewythen hotel

- the grand entrance to the trewythen hotel now closed and is for sale

the old farm yard Llanidloes
feed time for the shetland pony
1917/ 1920 fordson tractor
today in 2011 it seems the club has a new groundsman a welsh border collie


long bridge from the church

seems Autumn has come early

- mallard drakes have already lost their mating colours
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as on all the severn river villages and towns I have visited there are lots of mallards about
the river severn from short bridge

short bridge Llanidloes

inscription carved in one of the bridge stones

the cock on the St Idloes church tower

St Idloes church
http://www.llanidloes.com/saint_idloes/index.html

the church from the riverside park
inside view of window photos are on the above link.

the alter end of the church

one of the three gated entrances to the church


wood carving of Sabrina in the riverside park Llanidloes
my neighbour ready loaded his 1957 fordson dexta to go to Meifod show
Swans near Caersws bridge
a drowned bumble bee on the lavender plant
I wonder how long P G has been skipping for
garden spider and the trapped fly