After the Basque Country we travelled to Wales and headed to a little seaside town called Gwbert near Cardigan. We visited Gretchen, a kiwi friend, and her Welsh husband Clive and attended daughter Elin’s christening. My sister Sonja is the Godparent of Elin, so, as she is in NZ, I stood in as a Godparent along with two other Godparents, which was pretty special. When the minister passed the baby to the Godparents, I stayed put, and the other two Godparents stepped back! So even though I was the stand in I got to hold the baby during the service. Afterwards we had an old session at the local pub. Clive is in a male choir in Wales and unfortunately we’d just missed a concert of his the night before. At the pub we talked him
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