Moved bees up the mountain

A friend offered a spot to put our bees up the mountain with theirs, so they can get the heather now that the chestnut and brambles are finished down here.

We had to wait until all the bees were home before we could do the move - ie almost dark. 

It was a nice clear evening and pretty sunset

We then had to follow some directions that as it turns out would have made sense in the light (when we could see some useful landmarks), but not so much sense in the dark!

Fortunately we only had to wait 30 mins (after driving around on some rough tracks for a while - poor bees!) for our friend to appear with his hives and show us where to go.

We went to visit them the next day. They seemed fine as far as we could tell from a distance. There was some coming and going at least... The nearest place is called Chiroulet. It is a very scenic valley.

We took a picnic lunch and had a nice walk with the doggie