Blogs from Welshpool, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

Birthdays seem to come around rather more quickly these days, and sure enough mine was here before I knew it. I took Mum to Tesco's in the morning, to buy a little cake each, which we took to the pub to eat with our coffee. In the afternoon we had a community "tea in the garden" afternoon at Lynda and David's house, which is an ideal way to spend you birthday - lots of people you want to see are there and you aren't in charge! Then in the evening we got a takeaway curry and took to Dad's house, but although I took the camera I forgot to get any pictures of that bit. I was so full from all the cake that I could hardly eat the curry, but it all went down in ... read more

Alex and I joined Mum and Dad at the Rhallt for cake and fizz this afternoon - sadly Alex had to work in the morning. A good time was had by all. And this evening Ineke and Lynda will call round to drink to the birthday boy (any excuse!)... read more

Alex was off with the canoe club for a weekend at lake Bala, and not to be outdone, Ineke and I decided to take our tents along - to another site - and relax and look for some of the hundred or so caches hidden in the area. And Maisie came too.......... read more

This "event" has been in the planning for a while, its just a matter of the other two people getting the same day off work - not that simple when they both do odd shifts. However, we wanted to walk along the cliffs form Borth down to Aberystwyth, so we parked the car at Borth station and proceeded in a southerly direction, uphill. And down, and up, and down again and so on. The signpost indicated 5 miles, but there were so many ups and downs. My poor knees. BUT we did it and celebrated with chips on the prom at Aber... read more

another lovely summers day, so Ineke and I took sandwiches and set off to a lovely piece of common land right on the Welsh/English border. the views were wonderful, and if I didn't catch the sun, I caught the wind as I can feel my face burning. Of course, we went there because of the caches, but it is a lovely spot and only a little way from here.... read more