Day 2 Sunday . A fitfull night sleep. The neighbours with their many children rocked up after dark. The children were like feral animals running up and down the corridors screaming and shouting . Doors were opening and slamming . The parents may have made a feeble attempt at shutting the children up but they seemed to fail miserably. Until such time as an angry voice rang out. I really don't know if it were a parent who had had enough of the appalling behaviour or it was another guest . We heard loud voices telling the children to be quiet, to stop shouting and stop being disrespectful . That put paid to the shouting and running about but then the TV went on. Rather loudly at first but that did not last long . Eventually ... read more

Somehow this week has been an old one . The weather is still somewhat cool for the time of year but when the sun does break through it can be pleasant and Springlike . Everywhere seems to bursting out in green . The trees that last week looked dead have burst into life . The hedgerows are full of the scent of onions as the Wild Garlic blossoms and the Bluebells carpet the woods in a haze of blue . We are trying to get out despite having yet another infection . A week of coughing, spluttering, sleepless nights and feeling under the weather . We have a holiday to sort out so no time to wallow in misery. According to a Japanese proverb "Trying to do two things at once will make you fail at ... read more

The Buddha had this saying and it goes something like this " Just as a candle cannot burn without fire , men cannot live without a spiritual life " I found myself playing with words again . Changing a spiritual life to a travelling life . I wondered now with Gabby if I considered myself a holidaymaker, a tourist , a traveller or something else . Moving from place to place like a nomad had always left me feeling more a traveller. The new holiday regime this year was something of a strange one . What would we make of our first holiday back in hotels and in someone elses property for a week ? How would we feel staying in one place for a week ? Travelling back and forth down the same roads . ... read more

Well since the last trip out to the Ironworks to meet up with Woolly Mammoth, Alfie and carer Jo I have heard nothing but complaints from the sheep. " Well you did forget me last time and I cannot forgive you for that " True I could not deny it . I had indeed left Sion at home whilst I set off to Oswestry to catch up with Jo. I suppose I was never going to be forgiven despite offers of copious pistachio nuts , nut chocolate or visits to the seaside . It was never going to be good enough ." No bribery won't work . You forgot me and that is all I am going to say" The problem was that he was never going to give up and I had not heard the ... read more

Well Well what an odd experience . I had seen a photograph this morning of an empty sad looking town/city centre. I wondered if perhaps so early the shoppers decided not to come in and pay parking fees . If they waited until 11 am the parking was free. And of course the workers who did not work would not fill the spaces in the car parks and there would be plenty of for shoppers. And day visitors if we get such a thing. We left home at the usual time of 12.15 . Being creatures of habit we liked to go into Wrexham early, park up in Glyndwr University Car park before it filled up and pick up the pre-match burger and cup of coffee. We paid up our £3 to park and left my ... read more