Blogs from Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

It is extremely noisy in Cafe de Galles. It feels like the local Womens Institute or a few friends have dropped into town for a coffee and a natter. And natter they did . The cafe is quite small and felt really crowded . The noise was overwhelming and it was extremely hard to hear ourselves think . But it was somewhere we wanted to have a coffee and breakfast for a while . Of course it was somewhere we never quite round to visiting . Well today we did manage that visit. Possibly the wrong day but there it was . A chance and you cannot turn those down. It was a dull day and we parked up on the local supermarket car park . Something I would never had done years ago as I ... read more

Chasing pleasure brings pleasure . So said Kapil Gupta. The words went on . This morning my calendar was bringing up a very long piece of wisdom for me to read, digest and either keep for reference or throw away. Chasing brings pleasure. But it does not bring satisfaction . In fact he went on to say that it was in fact precisely because it did not bring satisfaction that we must keep chasing it . I thought about that one . I guess I am one of those who is always chasing pleasure . I never get fed up of chasing pleasure in one form or another . It usually relates to travelling . New towns and cities bring me pleasure . Seeing something I have never seen before brings me pleasure . Reading a ... read more

Up at 6 am another rough night of coughing… dressed and bags out and down onto bus at 6.40am made the short drive out to the ports…. They were huge covered a massive area bus parked on the boat and we all traipsed up the stairs into the ferry …had our breakfast vouchers and all got tables and had our hot breakfast… Don and I sat with Jo and Jerry the Americans and passed the 3 1/2 hours easily … crossing was better than the one over to Ireland (there is supposed to be a big storm coming and we were the only sailing of the day today) docked 11.45 and back on the bus off at Holly head ….travelled through Wales countryside to Chester 2pm the rain had set in had a wander through Chester ... read more

What was on my mind this morning as I walked the riverbank along the fairly fast flowing Dee . It had been a wet night with heavy rain which meant that the grass was dripping and my shoes would be wet by the end of the walk . A misty, moisty day. The sort that comes along mid to late September. The mornings are taking a longer time to lighten up. The sun no longer streams through the bedroom windows. It feels colder . A slight chill that ripples through your clothes as you walk . To wear a coat or not to wear a coat is the question that first has to be addressed . The temperature last week was up in the muggy high 30's. T-shirt and shorts weather . The sort of weather ... read more

31st August 2023 Llanberis Pass We set off in the opposite direction to yesterday heading for Llanberis. langollen. Didn’t intend to but went by way of Betys-Y-Coed as the Sat Nav decided that was the way to go. Fortunate really as Sat Nav took us down a road, to save ¼ mile, which we absolutely do not want to take tomorrow with the caravan behind. We should have followed the A5 but took one of Wale’s goat track aka roads instead. The caravan would not have fitted over the bridge at the end before we got onto the A5. Straight through Betys which was full of tourists, some looking a bit miserable as the Welsh drizzle was the wet sort. Then we took a turn to Llanberis as we were nearing some quite dramatic and scenic ... read more