{"id":2482,"date":"2009-09-21T19:18:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2009-09-21T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T18:18:54","slug":"picnics-off-roading-and-dragonflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/09\/picnics-off-roading-and-dragonflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Picnics, Off-roading and Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday was a gorgeous day. Blue skies without a cloud and no wind. So after breakfast we all jumped in the car and headed off to the lakes in the hills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2522\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2522\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2522 \" title=\"darter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter-400x249.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Dragonfly\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter-120x74.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of Dragonfly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We stopped at Llyn Syfyddrin for a bit of a walk and a picnic. Somehow we seemed to time it wrong as it was cloudier up here than at the coast and the sun was covered by a cloud when we stopped making it quite chilly on the lakeside. I did manage to take some photos of the views though, and some of Anna and Morgan, as well as some of the dragonflies that were merrily buzzing around the edges of the lake.<\/p>\n<p>We then went &#8216;off-roading&#8217; and drove along the track from Syfyddrin to Nant y Moch. It&#8217;s not too demanding an off-ride drive on my car, but it might be for a normal small car I guess and I don&#8217;t think it was too comfortable for the people in the back! Although Morgan seemed to enjoy it\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2482 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3201.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3201-120x79.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3201-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3201-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3201.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2520'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack Darter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3256.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3256-120x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3256-120x80.jpg 120w, 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https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/darter.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2522'>\n\t\t\t\tClose up of Dragonfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3226.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3226-120x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3226-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3226-400x266.jpg 400w, 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120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2524'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3177.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3177-120x78.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3177-120x78.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3177-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/IMG_3177.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' 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