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All the Fun of the Fair, Aberystwyth

Posted by Alan
on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am · Filed under General

All the fun of the fair!

The fair is in town, so after a play in the playground, a walk along the prom, watching the starlings above the pier and dinner in KFC we headed off to the fair. It isn’t something we normally do, but Morgan was pretty excited by the idea so we thought we would take him.

Being Aberystwyth it wasn’t too busy and it isn’t a huge fair, but that suited us perfectly. Anna and I aren’t too interested in the rides so we were able to let Morgan have a go on some of the smaller rides while we watched him. I did take him on the dodgems too which seemed to be full of Dads with the children! As you can see from the photos he loved it!

We all enjoyed the obligatory Candy Floss too!

Fairground Ride

Fairground

Look at me!!!

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A Murmuration of Starlings

Posted by Alan
on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 am · Filed under General

Starlings and Aberystwyth Pier

It was a lovely day on Saturday so we decided to head into Aber and take a walk through the castle and along the prom. I’m glad we did as we were treated to a pretty spectacular display as a huge flock of Starlings came to roost under the pier.

There were plenty of people out watching them and taking photos, so I thought I’d better join them and take some of my own!

It also gives me an excuse to use the proper collective noun for a starlings - a MURMURATION, which is a perfect name for them!

Sunset. Castle Rocks, Aberystwyth

Murmuration of Starlings, Aberystwyth

Starlings at Aberystwyth Pier

Sunset, Aberystwyth Pier

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Planet Spotting - Jupiter & Venus

Posted by Alan
on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 am · Filed under General

There was a pretty impressive view of a couple of planets in the night sky last night. Lickily it was clear when we got home so as well as being able to see plenty of stars and a crescent moon we could see Venus and Jupiter.