Blogs from Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8
October 13th 2011
For her birthday I bought my friend Linda a book called "tea shop walks", and today we tried one out near Dolgellau. We had a lovely day, ate a picnic up in the hills and ended up in the town with a choice of tea shops. Mind you, I was glad to get back to the car! ... read more
Snowdon Horse Shoe Treck
Published: October 10th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Gwynedd » Snowdon
October 10th 2011
Snowdon Horse Shoe Treck to raise money for my expedition to Costa Rica 2012. Completed in July, was tough but extremely rewarding! ... read more
October 5th 2011
Last week I drove down to Somerset to stay with my good friend Hilary. The weather was glorious and would have been hot in summer, let alone the start of October! We went to Wells and spent some time in the gardens, under the trees, beside the wells! And another day we picked up Hilary's sister Rose and walked in the Mendip hills. It was lovely. ... read more
September 27th 2011
Ok 2 weeks till I go. Blog will be here. Travelex had a problem with Kenyan shillings. For some reason an airport with no connections to Kenya doesn't keep them in stock. Who would have thought it. Having dilemas at the moment with my choice of a 1 season sleeping bag. Relying on my puppy fat to keep me warm until i buy a Masai blanket in Nairobi. Countdown properly on! 136147 seconds till we fly. GOOD TIMES... read more
Betws-Y-Coed (Wales)
Published: September 18th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Conwy » Betws-y-Coed
September 18th 2011
Hello from Wales Another few days have passed since the last blog and we are now in North Wales in a lovely little village set in the mountains near Snowdonia so it is quite cold and very rainy!! We arrived yesterday afternoon after a lovely couple of days in the Peak District, Derbyshire in a village called Asford-in - water, beautiful countryside, not that we have seen any that isn't, we even did a 18 mile push bike ride along an old dis-used railway line to blow a few cobwebs away and hopefully shed a few extra pounds!! We met up with Katherine and Bryan yesterday at Betwsy and because of the rain we found ourselves at the nearest pub catching up on what we had been doing over the last week over a few ales ... read more
September 17th 2011
It all happened this weekend! Alex won an award for all his help at the local children's hospice shop, where he cleans, polishes, sorts and irons items that have been donated. He had to go to a ceremony to receive it, but the photo is taken at home. I managed to park my car over the edge of the drive - how efficient is that. Luckily no damage, though I needed a truck to winch it out - fortunate I work at a garage! And (cousin)Janet and John popped down from Colwyn Bay to see Mum and Dad yesterday afternoon, so we caught up with all their family doings too. ... read more
first blog.....
Published: September 15th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Swansea » Gower Peninsula
September 15th 2011
so... here starts my travel blog(s)(ii) not sure how that plural works really..... first things first, excuse the terrible grammar and spelling im dyslexic and im using a computer that thinks in norwegian åøæøææø ... read more
September 13th 2011
although I've been back for a while, it's been rather hectic with garden produce, so I haven't got round to the blog! Sorry. Anyway, spent a few days with Kate and John in north west Wales, right on the coast. Then headed to Colchester for Sarah and Jen's 18th birthday party, followed by an "old" friends 60th in Kent - our mothers were at ante natal classes together, so we reckon we knew each other before we were born. Quite a lot of it was camping - luckily the weather was good!!!!!... read more
Castles, Brains, and Tuna Salad
Published: September 11th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Cardiff
September 11th 2011
Another Celtic adventure awaited me as I boarded my London Victoria bus headed for the Welsh capital of Cardiff. My first fail of the trip came swiftly, this time in the form of a tuna salad dinner from Marks & Spencers. I've bought prepackaged meals from them before, and while I can never actually see any sign of plastic cutlery before opening them, I've always found one hiding under the lid somewhere. Not this time. I quickly realised my mistake after tearing off the non-resealable plastic top, and stared blankly at it for a while, the messy layer of mayo on the top mocking my lack of utensils. The Czech girl sitting next to me sure got a kick out of watching me eat the entire thing using only the lid of my fruit smoothie bottle, ... read more
Four sleeps to go!
Published: September 6th 2011Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Monmouthshire » Chepstow
September 6th 2011
Testing testing.. Just thought I'd try out how this blog thing works. I can't believe we've only got four days to go until we leave - it's come around so quickly! Getting very excited, especially since its just been drizzling in England for the last week. It'll be nice to see some sunshine! So today I'm doing my preliminary pack. I have everything I want to take on my bed... I don't think I can take half of it. Joe is in Sheffield at the moment and I'm back down south and its a little weird getting ready for our joint trip on my own but it makes leaving even more exciting as I get to see him again! OK - hopefully this works and everyone will be able to keep in touch and see what ... read more
