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Stones Forum >> Heather at Tre'r Ceiri and Bryn Cader Faner
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billb
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|  Posted 21-07-2010 at 14:16
Hi, does anyone know whether there is much heather around either of these two sites in Gwynedd? I'm going to Wales next week and looking to hopefully photograph at both of them - and hoping to include some flowering heather in the photos.
Cheers, Bill
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Andy B
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| Posted 25-07-2010 at 16:26
Hello,
We have photos from all times of year so your best bet is to look at what we already have
Bryn Cader Faner (looks very barren)
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=526
Tre'r Ceiri
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5941
If you're going there, could you try and get us a photo of the nearby cairn
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=24794
and other sites we don't have
Cheers
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h_fenton
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| Posted 26-07-2010 at 19:43
Within Tre'r Ceiri the heather is not too deep and the hut circles and other stone features are easily visible, and there are small paths going around the hillfort so you move around easily. Although it is best to stick to paths to help minimise erosion and vegetation damage, the heather within the hillfort is not so deep that you cannot wade through it.
In the Saddle between Tre' Ceiri and Yr Eifl (564m) the heather is rather deep and difficult to move through unless you are on some sort of path, plus in some areas there are hidden holes/buried rocks raising the chances of twisted ankles.
I have no idea whether the heather is in flower or not at the moment.
I took this photo http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=58378 at the end of May, it indicates quite well how much heather there is inside the hillfort.
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sem
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| Posted 26-07-2010 at 22:40
Given the weather over the last couple of months, very hot then very wet, most vegetation seems to be turning into triffids. We've had two chinese containers' worth of blackberries in the last week from the one bush on our "hardstand." We're normally lucky to get the same in the whole of September.
All I need now is to find the odd auroch or two and the hunter-gathering should be over for the year.
It might be a hard tramp billb, but good luck.
Sem
PS If you do find an odd auroch, let me know. I'm sure our chinese takeaway will be pleased to exchange it for more containers to put blackberries in.
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billb
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| Posted 30-07-2010 at 11:35
Hi, thanks for your replies. Heather is actually what I'm after as I want to photograph a couple of sites with the purple flowers in bloom as a way of showing the year - and because its pretty. So great to hear there's plenty on Tre'r Ceiri.
I'd had a look at the portal's photos and thought Tre'r Ceiri would have good potential.
It's just beginning to bloom in the Peaks.
Cheers, Bill
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| Posted 30-07-2010 at 12:37
One thing to be aware of is that Tre'r Ceiri is often hidden in the clouds
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| Posted 30-07-2010 at 13:18
> I want to photograph a couple of sites with the purple flowers in bloom as a way of showing the year
Yes that would be great, best of luck and do show us the results with or without flowers
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sem
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| Posted 08-08-2010 at 21:03
C has just filled the 6th take-away container with blackberries. All from a "poxy, straggly looking bush" (her words).
Now according to the Nature's Calendar Survey by the Woodland Trust, in 2009 the trust had more than 1000 records of edible blackberries across Britain by August 5th. "This year we've had only 81 records.." said Dr Kate Lethwaite, Nature Calendar's project manager.
Which poses the question "What the hell are so-called Trusts (registered charities who get tax-breaks denied to companies run by mortals) doing?"
I've got SIX pie's worth of blackberries taking up room in my freezer reserved for an auroch. Do you think Dr Lethwaite would consider a swap as she seems to have more chance of finding an auroch than a blackberry!?!
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