God is good! We’ve been enjoying a week of wonderfully sunny weather and have made the most of it by heading up into the hills. The Mountain Ash valley does a bit of everything and we even went a bit further towards Maerdy, the other side of Aberdare. Swingle has had a ball, although there aren’t many streams around as it has been so dry, she’s found plenty of mud to bog snorkel in and cool down!

Hills, rocks, woods – lovely deciduous ones, there are so many hawthorn trees going nuts this year. Reservoirs, streams, old mine workings, very rocky paths, views of the beacons. Actually, I think this area is as good if not better!

A week off from church life too, but back with our kids club, with a seven week run until the summer holidays. We’ve been having up to 24 kids in and its been a fabulous chaos. Next week we have family visiting, then its re-building out pond which is leaking. The tadpoles are leaving as little black frogs. Funny, I never thought I’d hear myself saying we could do with a bit of rain!