12 March 1012 ELAN VALLEY Monday

Being greeted by thick fog was not conducive to exploring, but explore we did!  Along to Rhayader for the habitual coffee and then our highly recommended and anticipated walk in the Elan Valley.  We started at Caban Coch

 and walked the mile or so to Garreg Ddu, where we found the Nantgwrrg Church and went for a little forest ramble.

DON'T ASK

A welcoming warm sunshiny walk back to our car so we could drive further along the lake into a more forested area and back to Rhayader for lunch.

We arrived at Gigrin Kite Feeding Farm, keen to see the multitude of red kite's circle, swoop and dive for their lunchtime feed on the farm grounds.  We were ensconced in a hideout with the seriously togged out birdwatchers and felt like real birdo's too, with our binoc's and camera diligently poised on the graceful antics of these protected birds.  The feeding started originally with just two pairs and now they have 500 tagged kites feeding periodically.

Quite a sight to see.