Paddling in Snowdonia !!

more stories!

More stories coming soon. We're currently in Liverpool, and over the past 8 (?) days, we've either stopped in, or passed through, the following places:

Stonehenge, Avebury, Salisbury, Exeter, Bournemouth, Tintagel, Clovelly, Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Llandudno, Betws-y-coed, chester, conwy, liverpool, and upcoming is Blackpool, & stratford-upon-avon

we'll also upload some photos tonight hopefully (since this is the first place with [free] wifi)

More of Exeter, then to tintagel !

- lots of breakfast. out to shops. underground passages. very cool. tried not to get red on light grey jumper / cardigan. had to almost crawl for one part. interesting. easter eggs. hit head several times - hard had good, but yucky. hear traffic up on street. people hid in during air raids.
- drove to tintagel. awesome castle hotel called camelot. amazing round table. cornwall is the most beautiful part of england. very farm-y. amazing coastline. cliffs. beautiful weather. amazing staircase. gorgeous place to stay. sea view room. very comfy bed.
- walk round tintagel castle. ruins. steep. over to island with more of castle. up for views over cliffs. down to merlin's cave. waterfall.
- back to hotel for welcome drink. rose and cab sav. took our free cheeses with us. went well together. sat outside on side of castle watching sun setting.
- into town for pub dinner. local ales and rattler cider. deep fried brie. chicken leek and bacon pie with mash and peas. just what I specifically said I wanted when walking out to dinner. burger and fries - actually cooked properly and crisp. lots of sauces. mousse more like ganache.
- sat at round table to look at photos. cool elevator with metal door.

Beach with Sand !!

Today, we discovered a beach, with Sand. In the United Kingdom! That's right ! They aren't all pebbles.

Oooh, a shiney car !!!

It's been almost a year since I last got to drive a car. So today, we picked up a VW Polo from Wembley. It felt a bit odd, but at least it was on the right side.

We've always agreed that, as much as possible, we would avoid motorways and definitely tollroads - we want the picturesque pretty English drive. Turns out it didn't work as well in this regard as it did in Italy. But anyway, onward and westward.

Sad.

All of our thoughts are with those at home in Wagga just now.

BHP

BHP is one of the biggest companies in the world. Their helpdesk is currently outsourced to IBM, and run by about 5 or 6 guys in India. It seems this is upsetting the high level staff that work in the London office.

It was time

to pull the plug, and let the waters drain away from our trip to Bath. But we still had half a day or so, and some things to see.

From modern, to Ancient...

This relates to our second day in Bath, where, pleasingly, the weather cleaned up a little bit.
Today was also actually the day we went up the Abbey tower, despite my writing about it in an earlier post.

The Lengthening Shadow

Or shortening, I'm not sure? Anyway. It seems the longer days are almost here again.