Blogs from Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

Ch Ch CH Changes . I found myself singing or at least humming to the song Changes by David Bowie and realised that changes are very much a part of motorhoming life. You soon learn to live with them, accept them for what they are and park them and move on . Over the last few weeks Suzy has reached a time in her life when the MOT (the Ministry of Transport road test for vehicles) had become due. She was three years old and needed her check up. But first taxed her . This is the first year we did not receive through the post the small round tax disc to place in the windscreen. The disc that will never quite come out of the perforations without ripping. The different colour denoting the year tax ... read more

With the weather forecast to be excellent today we decided that we really should do something, rather than just sit around under Kath's feet all day!! Albert was off to play golf and we decided that we would visit the National Trust property, Erddig, just over the Welsh border at Wrexham. It only took us about an hour to drive down to Wrexham on the motorway and we were there not long after opening time at 11.00am. Erddig is considered to be one of Britain's finest historic houses and it provides a unique insight into the upstairs downstairs aspects of a British country home. The York family enjoyed an excellent relationship with their staff and there is an extensive collection of portraits and photographs of the hired help that the family commissioned. One of the Yorks ... read more