Tuesday 27 September 2022

Seeing the Changes 1706

Every time the tide goes out on Loughor Estuary, hundreds of large, black objects are currently deposited (wood?). Slippery Jack (Suillus luteus) fungus was evident in Bynea. Oddly, folk from Llanelli ('Turks') call people from Swansea, 'Jacks'. This is after a life-saving dog of yore. There were also goodly crops of sloe berries (favouring for gin).

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