The Preseli Hills had disappeared this morning. Mynydd Preseli and even the quarries on the edge of the village were hidden behind a wall of low cloud. It was a cool, damp, miserable day and certainly not the day for a long walk to admire the views.
The furthest that we ventured was the perimeter of the campsite but this was very rewarding. Gareth Williams, the owner, is the grandson of the maintenance man at the slate quarry and the campsite is the site of the pleasure gardens created for the Rosebush tourists. Gareth has made the large lilly pond and small wood behind into a nature area and has received the David Bellamy award for the campsite. He is very proud of this and has a sheet of paper with the names and pictures of the large number of birds that have been seen on the site. He told me that three Canada Geese had flown in this morning and sure enough they were swimming around on the pond.
We wandered around the lake, through the wood and Rhododendrons and ended up at the monument erected by the villagers as a thank-you to Messrs. Cropper and Macaulay for the creation of their village. Just beyond this was part of the platform of Rosebush station and sounds of the steam trains drifted across from the Tafarn Sinc station further along the platform.
Photos: Part of the Rosebush nature area; The Rosebush lilly pond.
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