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Happy 90th Birthday Angela!

Last Monday was Jude’s mum, Angela’s 90th birthday. By way of celebration she wanted to have a picnic by Llyn Idwal, which is a fairly large lake in the Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve (which is in the Eryri/Snowdonia National Park). She’d chosen that location because, over the past 70 or so years, she’d spent many happy times there with her family.

It was only natural therefore that her family would want to be there to enjoy the occasion with her and she was joined by her 3 daughters; Charlotte and her 2 daughters, Louise and Anna (who had all travelled over from France); Kate and her husband Niall as well as Jude, myself and Tomos of course.

As you will see from the gallery, it wasn’t the best of days and some effort was required to get to both the Lake and the picnic location (sheltering from the wind and occasional light rain), but it was a very special day and a fabulous time was had by all.

Footnote: The Welsh text on the bench (pic 28) translates as:
“The magic of Cwm Idwal is enchanting, its deep spells hold us fast.“
So you can see why Angela keeps returning!