1/2 Too cool for the castle? A delightful, if warm, wander around Harlech Castle this afternoon. Fascinating seeing the life that calls it home, even in the most unlikely of places... #harlech #harlechcastle #eryri #unescoworldheritagesite #cadw

Whoops, I did it again. Another gorgeous run/swim/walk in the early morning before the heat built up. Incredible skies and views of Cadair Idris and a stroll through the churchyard of St. Illtyd's in Llanelltyd on the way home. #running #rhedeg #cadairidris #breathofthegreyking #stilltydschurch

My copy of @folkpolice.com 'The Silent Harvest' has arrived. It's marvellous. Do consider supporting them and purchasing a copy. All proceeds go to the Wildlife Trusts. #folkpolicerecordings #thesilentharvest #folk #electronica #wildlife

Heuldro'r Haf Hapus i chi gyd! Happy Summer Solstice to you all! #heuldrorhaf #summersolstice #Cymru #cymraeg #dysgucymraeg

1/3 Mi wnes i fo - rhan 2. Ar ôl yr arholiad Cymraeg ddoe (roedd o'n iawn, dwi'n meddwl), mi es i i'r llyn bore'ma. Mi wnes i redeg (a cherdded) yno, wedi nofio a cherdded adra. Roedd o'n hyfryd iawn!... #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg #nofio #heuldrorhaf

Dan ni wedi wneud yr arholiad Cymraeg! Amser i ymlacio a dathlu rŵan. Whiw! We've done the Welsh exam! Time to relax and celebrate. Phew. #dysgucymraeg #cymraeg #arholiad #sylfaen #whiw

1/2 Oh, yew! Trimming and shaping a new yew hedge that's growing to replace an old, benighted, blighted box hedge. It was a sky of two halves this afternoon. The dry side won for once!... #ukgardening #gardening #yew #buxus #sayinggoodbyetomyforties

It's okay, everyone. I found where the sun went, it was trapped in this amazing rose! It's free now so everything should be a bit brighter. From an overcast Abermaw (where's Dinas Oleu?) this morning, fully visible Cadair Idris this afternoon. #ukgardening #gardening #rose #mawddachestuary

Some Violas in the front garden and their pretty little faces. #ukgardening #gardening #flowers #viola #gardenflowers

1/2 An ode to Convolvulus. With apologies to JRR Tolkien. One weed to rule them all. One weed to find them. One weed to ring them all. And in the garden bind them. In herbaceous bordor where the shadow lies... #ukgardening #gardening #bindweed #jivetolkien

Gardening with a view. More broad beans. A very fine figure of a frog. #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #weekend #frog

Another amazing show by Peregrine circus this year. Belly of the Whale. What a wonderfully exhilarating evening of thrills and excitement. All backed by amazing live music. Very highly recommended. #peregrinecircus #circus #goandseeit #noreallygo #definitelygo

1/4 In praise of fruit thinning. It's that time of year again. If you have fruit trees it's time to help the 'June drop' along and thin out your fruit. I find it really difficult, because you take off so many little fruits... #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #fruitthinning #apple

1/3 Yn lwcus, roedd hi'n sych bore'ma ar ôl y glaw ofnadwy ddoe. Wythnos arall o redeg. Mae o'n wythnos cyn yr arholiad Cymraeg a dwi'n teimlo y straen. Mae'r rhedeg yn helpu dwi'n meddwl... #running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

Ych-a-fi! Well, that was challenging. #ukgardening #gardening #rainyday #bwrwglaw #ofnadwy

1/2 The Salvia bed in the garden of Jane Delawney has roared back into life in the last fortnight. In fact the entire garden is wild and full of magic at the moment. (See second post) DON'T pluck any roses as you pass... #ukgardening #gardening #flowers #Salvia #thegardenofjanedelawney

Wishing my brother @chrisdoward.bsky.social a very Happy Birthday! Xx

The robins are starting to take an interest again, possibly because they're between broods and the fledglings are off exploring, like this little one this afternoon. Oy, mister! Got any worms? #ukgardening #gardening #ukbirds #robin #gotanyworms #robingoch

1/2 Bad Bunnies! A scene of devastation in a client's strawberry patch as the little blighters have nibbled off most of the leaves. I've caged the peas and undertaken various other protective measures... #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #attackofthebunnyrabbits

Terrific Cardoon! Or should that be triffid Cardoon... It's taller than me and has a whole bunch of flowers coming out. It's certainly an eye catching addition to the front garden. #ukgardening #gardening #cardoon #thistle #triffid

Stone. Roses. A client's roses that I've been looking after for the last few years. #ukgardening #gardening #roses #flowers #blodau

Marvellous music making. Do peruse and, perchance, purchase.

The first strawberries of the year. Picked by me before the blackbirds get them, they'll ripen in the bowl on a windowsill. #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #strawberries

1/3 Roedd hi'n wythnos anodd arall. Dwi'n meddwl mod i'n mynd yn arafach. Ro'n i'n mynd yn arafach! It was another hard week. I think I'm going more slowly. I was going more slowly!... #running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

Micro mini mint flowers. Tiny little things only a millimeter or two across, growing in the cracks of a brick path. A really strong minty smell. Possibly Corsican mint (Mentha requienii)? #ukgardening #gardening #groundcover #mint #minimint

I picked some broad beans to see if they're ready and, by golly, they're perfect! I can't wait to eat them, their one of my favourites. Asparagus progress: all fifteen crowns have pushed up sprue which is very encouraging. #gardening #ukgardening ##growyourown #kitchengarden #worthwaitingfor

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

1/2 Some rosy abundance amongst others in the front garden. A mystery rose from a pot that came to Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom and thence to hence. It seems to really like being in the ground... #ukgardening #gardening #roses #flowers #floweryabundance

Normal service is resumed. Still, the heatwave has set off a flowering frenzy. Some of the many roses:' Blue For You' and 'Cecile Brunner' And a gaggle of gorgeous Geums. #ukgardening #gardening #rainyday #flowers #poface

Another living, breathing vegetable bed hewn from the lifeless grip of slate chippings and four, FOUR! layers of plastic weed membrane (why!). It's a hard but satisfying job and hopefully the sweetcorn will be happy there. #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #progress

A spellbinding evening with tAngerinecAt at Tŷ Siamas in Dolgellau. Thank you, both. I'm so glad I caught them on the last date of their tour, and I'm very happy to find out I share a hometown with them. @tangerinecat-music.bsky.social #tAngerinecAt #music #ceremony

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A beautiful bumblebee bottom up in a raspberry flower. And in a Campanula. And there's the lovely wall-mounted bellflower it was enjoying. And there's the first sweet pea of the year. The hot weather has supercharged them! #ukgardening #growyourown #walledgarden #bumblebee #pollinatorfriendly

Iesu mawr! Roedd wythnos'ma yn anodd iawn! Ond, mi wnes i fo a mae'na bob dwi'n medru dweud. Goodness me! This week was really hard. But, I did it and that's all I can say. A cooler, more seasonable weekend and next week will be very welcome. #running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

I do believe that's the first globe artichoke on its way! That's very exciting. Very exciting indeed. #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #artichoke

There it goes. Thunder and lightning. What a relief. #ukweather #heatwave #thunderstorm #manmadeclimatechange

A thunderous change in the weather is afoot.

Daisies Daisies Give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the flowers of you. It won't be a golden garden. I'll have to beg your pardon. But you'll look neat upon the seat. Of a wheelbarrow made for two. #ukgardening #gardening #daisies #flowers #hothead

1/2 Phew, what a scorcher. It's so hot I've got a transmitter tower growing out of my head. I don't generally work bank holidays, but needs must. The May blossom (hawthorn) is happy at least... #ukgardening #gardening #sunnyday #heatwave #manmadeclimatechange

1/3 It's been wonderful having a couple of days to dedicate to the garden. I could do with weeks more of it but I'll take what I can get. Freshly tidied (from left to right) broad beans, garlic and potatoes... #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #progress

1/3 An exciting afternoon in the garden. The first elderflower opening in this garden possibly ever. It's alive! Asparagus sprew showing themselves. The first blackcurrants. The first gooseberries coming along lovely... #ukgardening #gardening #growyourown #kitchengarden #progress

A Clematis flower as big as my face! On a muggy, sweaty day. Loads of Saxifrage 'London Pride' flowering at present and a nice combination of that and wild garlic flowers. Have a lovely weekend, everyone. #ukgardening #gardening #flowers #hotday #tfiffany

1/3 Mi wnes i gymryd pethau yn araf wythnos'ma. Roedd penwythnos diwetha yn brysur iawn a mi wnes i wybod roedd wythnos'ma yn mynd i fod yn anodd. I took things slowly this week (not entirely intentionally). #rhedeg #running #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg #cymraeg

Today's flowers are yellow. Yellow, yellow Laburnum in the blue blue sky. Yellow flag Iris. A field of yellow buttercups. Yellow candelabra Primula. #ukgardening #standwithukraine #slavaukraini #Ukraine #yellowflowers

It looks like being a good year for roses. Pt.1 #ukgardening #roses #rose #flowers #littleyellowroses

Purple flowers today. Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Iris sibirica. It's lovely to have the view back, unimpeded by scaffolding. Even if tonight's view is impeded by clouds. Ten months it's been up! What a relief. #ukgardening #purpleflowers #flowers #wildflowers #viewfromtheoffice

A pair of nuthatches have made a nest in this hole in an oak bough. Flying in and out with full little beaks. Thalictrum, sparking flowers brightening up the day. #ukgardening #wildlife #nuthatch #nesting #flowers

Liverpool/Lerpwl Culture/Diwylliant 1 #Liverpool #culture #lerpwl #diwylliant #dysgucymraeg

Ro'n i ym Mangor hedfiw am yr ffug arholiad Cymraeg (mae'r arholiad go iawn ym mis nesa). Roedd o'n ddim yn rhy ddrwg. Whiw! I was in Bangor today for the mock Welsh exam (the real exam is next month). It wasn't too bad. Phew! #dysgucymraeg #cymraeg #arholiadcymraeg #arholiad #lefelsylfaen

I don't know if it's common knowledge, but a nun's lupins are the best lupins. A cinnabar moth on a foxglove leaf. There is ragwort nearby, I'm sure they'll find it. Spotted this little wasp's nest in my garden shed. It didn't seem to be in use. #ukgardening #wildlife #lupins #Dolgellau