Botanical Trip to Wales Part 3 - 23rd and 24th June 2016
So my Welsh Botanical Trip continued. If you missed Parts 1 and 2 please scroll down, they're well worth viewing for the rare flowers alone, let alone my evocative, witting writings - ok just for the photos then. After finishing at Cae Blaen-dyffryn I drove South to Kenfig in South Wales. Unknown to me I had set the satnav to take the easy route so it took about 3/4 hour longer in the school run traffic than it would have had I used my head and gone via the M4! Added to that, I stopped off en route a few times for a look around (like botanists do). This was the view South of Ammanford in the hills. A short way from this area, I descended a long steep hill and a small stream became a river creating bogs along the way. I stopped off at one - I have no idea where I was by now! I had to put wellies on as my walking boots were soaked through from Cae Blaen-dyffryn. It was worth it though, as I soon found the gem of the bogs, Bog Asphodel. As you can see it had been ra