Blogs from Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Thursday - another day . We made the decision early to cancel our house viewings for tomorrow . We thought what's the point . Yesterdays viewers had not come back to us . We had a plan if they rang to see two houses and meet up with Sions best friend Woolly Mammoth . It was with a sadness that we cancelled the visit to Sions friend . He had been waiting two years to see his best friend . So he was disappointed . "Disappointed - I was gutted . So gutted I had to raid the fridge and eat all the strawberries and cream I found there . So gutted that I ate all the crisps and the chocolate biscuits . So gutted I refused to talk to anyone " Sion sadly ate us ... read more

What a difference a week makes. This time last week the weather was pretty miserable with 4" of snow covering the ground. Spring seemed a long way off. This week the clocks have gone forward, the sun is shining and finally it does feel as if we are heading for some decent weather. We were heading for Wales to get a final hair cut before our holidays. Feet have been pampered and Gabby has her seats and table in together with some of the things we need for a holiday. First the holiday is on, then through unforeseen circumstances it was off. This week it is back on again although in a shortened form. Probably two weeks in France rather than the usual 4 weeks. We probably wont make the sun of the south rather we ... read more

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 ... read more

This was our first bus tour and we were wondering how we would like it. We wanted to take a comprehensive tour of Great Britain but we didn’t want to negotiate the roads on the left side and deal with the heavy traffic and numerous roundabouts throughout the country. We studied options coming up with Globus, one of the top three rated United Kingdom tour companies. The timing and length of the tour was perfect and the itinerary included a complete panorama of England, Wales and Scotland. All 37 of us from the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand congregated bright and early to meet our tour guide, our bus driver and our clean, modern bus. It was a rainy, dreary morning as we boarded our home for the next 10 days, got situated in our ... read more

We're staying in Llangollen another night, it's just so pretty. We took a one mile walk up to an old monks abbey, Valle Crucis Abbey, from the 1200's. Half of it has fallen down from a fire but there is a section still in tact where we we able to climb upstairs to where the monks slept. ... read more