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Published: January 15th 2014
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2014 has arrived and it brings with it all those plans and hopes you have for the coming year. A time of reflection on what has gone by and an anticipation of what is to come. A time of memories and of hopes for a future full of travelling and fun.
Life is settling down finally and it's time to start planning the trips for the year. The weather has been kind to us with very little wind or rain and the nights have started to draw out albeit slowly. We have been relatively lucky this year in that we had no snow in November and December and now into January still none on the horizon. Hopefully we will have none the rest of this month and through February and March.
The countdown has started to Spring. 106 days to our holidays. Sadly we have had little chance to go anywhere since the new year. Suzy has been parked up,her umbilical cord attached and she is charging up. Still have not found the time to clean her nor to put her waste pipe back after our little accident with the hedge when we parked her up. Things have got
in the way. The garden has been dug up, a concrete base put down and the shed erected. The floor has been lifted from the bathroom, the new bathroom suite arrived and the new boiler installed. The house is full of copper pipes, copper pipe and plastic fittings. The kitchen is on order and should be here by early March.
On the holiday front our ACSI book did not arrive. After a few emails it turns out they had not sent it as they had not been able to charge us for it. Something to do with our old cards which must have been ouIt is now re-ordered and should be with us within 21 days. We look foward to flicking through its pages to find campsites for our May and September trips. Tesco vouchers used for the first trip. Our first trip will cost us £12 for the return trip from Folkestone on the train. Ordering was easier this time. In the past we have had to order our rewards by email and they arrived by post. ONce they arrived a phone call had to be made to Eurotunnel to book the trip. Once the order was made
we had to send the vouchers by recorded delivery at a cost of just over £5. This time within 10 mins the vouchers had arrived in our in box by email and we made the phone call to book the trip. We also did not need to send them by registered post - the whole process took very little time and was much quicker and more efficient. Thanks to Tesco for making the process a whole lot easier.
Our camping cheque book has arrived and we spent a while looking at campsites many of which we had been to last year.
The photographs are all of the small steam railway in the pretty north wales town of Llangollen. Population just over 3000. Nestling amongst the hills the town is famous for the International Eisteddfod held in the summer. It attracts dancers, singers, choirs and lately famous artists from around the world. The town becomes multinational with the streets ringing with different languages and music. Llangollen sits on the River Dee which forms a very pretty setting with cafes, hotels and shops. White water rafting is a regular sport on the river. Nearby is the hill on which the
towns castle stands. Known in English as Crow Castle its welsh name is Castell Dinas Bran. And beyond the Eglwysig range stretching to Wrexham .
Below it the canal with its horse drawn boats a regular feature throughout the summer. Trips are available along the canal to the Pontcysyllte acqueduct. The railway is situated in the town near to the river and the bridge. Axed by Dr Beeching it has re-opened and is run by volunteers. It meanders along the Dee Valley following the course of the River Dee towards Chain Bridge and towards Carrog. We travelled in the winter on the Mince pie special. A lovely trip with views across the distant hills and the valleys which make up such a lovely part of Wales.
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