DOLLS FROM RUSSIA, MOROCCO, MEXICO,GERMANY and WALES

I have listed a few more dolls today - RUSSIA, MOROCCO, MEXICO, GERMANY and WALES.

For more information about the dolls, and more photos, please see the website.  Thank you.

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I have also added some photos of my walk today, which ended with atrocious weather and eight trees blown down right across our track.

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RUSSIA - (peasant woman)

(Website Id:  Asia - Russia - 0026 and 0026A)

 MOROCCO - (man of the Rif Mountains)

(Website Id:  Africa - Morocco - 0018, 0018A and 0018B)

 MEXICO - (peasant girl)

(Website Id:  America - Mexico - 0019 and 0019A)

 GERMANY - (Bavaria costume)

(Website Id:  Europe - Germany - 0027 and 0027A)

 WALES

(Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0035)

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MY WALK (with fallen trees on our track).

My six miles walk today started with the sun trying to peep through.  We made our way up to the Dams in Elan Valley, Mid Wales.  Winding our way up and up the track it was starting to get a bit more cloudy.

When we were almost to the top the wind was reaching almost gale-force with heavy rain and hail stones, and my feet literally left the ground a couple of times.  My daughter was hanging on to me for dear life, with us both laughing away!

After struggling to remain vertical we finally reached the top but then moved to a more sheltered area for our well-earned lunch break.

On the way back down the track to return home we were suddenly brought to a complete stand-still as eight of the Forestry trees had come down across the track.  Someone had called a Forestry worker with just two minutes to spare before he left for home.  If we had gone back home the other way it would have been a sixty miles detour, so we watched and waited for a couple of hours instead.

What a day!

A VIEW ALONG THE WAY

 THE CAIRN ON THE MOUNTAIN
WHICH WE WERE CLIMBING
(Note the FOX on the right of the picture)

 ME ON THE WAY TO THE TOP
(with the weather changing for the worse)

 THIS IS WHAT WE WALKED THROUGH
TO GET TO THE TOP

 EIGHT FALLEN TREES ON OUR TRACK
COMING BACK DOWN

 FORESTRY MEN (and a helper)
WORK IN PROGRESS

 GETTING CLEARER

FIVE MORE THINNER TREES
ALMOST DOWN

THE CLAMPER ARRIVES

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Carole.

ENJOY!