Blogs from Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Woolly says – with the temperatures in the middle 40’s and the bar ticking over I found myself with a daily routine again, this usually entailed a small snack upon waking, followed by a short doze on the balcony and some breakfast to keep my strength up before the short wander to the bar where I could sit and snigger at Jo as she sweated away in the kitchen preparing my lunch and a snack to keep me going until that was ready. On really hot days I found it rather pleasant to sit in the fridges or in the ice freezer allowing my tusks to cool down. It’s rather disconcerting to open a freezer and find a short furry icicled mammoth greeting you! He certainly seemed to have the life of riley….. Woolly says – ... read more

The day that Woolly had been waiting for had finally arrived, even more exciting than Christmas itself, although we will have to wait and see about that! After six months and many many emails he was to be re-united with his bestest friend Sion. Woolly says – Even the short drive to our rendezvous seemed to take too long and as the brown and cream livery colours of the Great Western Railway line hove into view and the large sign for Severn Valley appeared I couldn’t wait to clamber out of Ollie and race into the café to see if Sion had arrived with his carers Jen and Glen. The café was incredibly busy and having grabbed a table I spent the next half an hour bouncing up and down in my seat checking out all ... read more

Helo from Wales! We arrived here on Monday afternoon after a fantastic train ride via Birmingham and then to Aberystwyth where my friend Daf lives. Daf and I met in Grenada last summer on our mission trip. Throughout the countryside we saw many sheep (defaid), some even running up hill... silly sheep! As soon as you cross over into Wales the geography changes quite significantly into rolling hills and small mounts. The sky was so blue and the weather was phenomenal. At one stop an elderly gentlemen dressed complete with a brown trenchcoat and Sherlock Holmes hat boarded our car; I broke out into silent laughter as this appeared to have been out of a movie. The strangest thing was, no sooner than a couple of minutes later he was typing away on his palm pilot. ... read more

Good Evening from rainy Wales, Though it has been a constant downpour since about 1 p.m. we had a fabulous morning and actually saw sun for almost 1 sustained hour. Absolutely fantastic - except it made the gray and cold that came later even grayer, by comparison. Oh well. Because there was not rain early in the day, we headed about 8 miles away to a train station - one of the 'Great Little Trains of Wales' and traveled an hour in an old narrow gauge steam engine train up the mountain. What a wonderful time we had. Then we got out at the end and walked along a beautiful forest path with gushes of water (I wonder why) and some breathtaking waterfalls. It was a lovely way to remember Wales - and Lee had a ... read more

Dear Friends, After a very shaky start (the car rental that we so carefully secured before we arrived) was all mixed up and ended up costing us almost 100 pounds more than the promised price (we'll deal with that later), we were on the road - the wrong side for Americans. Lee did a superb job once we figured out just how close to the lines we were on these very narrow roads. Good heavens, what a trip. Much of the 4 hours was spent on good highways, but the last hour was hairy at best. We arrived around 5:30 at this lovely resort - driving through sheep and cow and horse farms on the long windy, narrow, road to the entrance. Arrived only to find that somehow Interval International had cancelled our reservation and the ... read more