Is it only one week since I was on holiday? I was sooo relaxed, and now I feel like I’ve never been away. And to make matters worse, GastroGrrl is out-blogging me - she’s made two updates in one day!
This year’s Summer hols were close to home. We live a mere 40 or so miles from the Welsh border, so we thought it about time we learned a bit more about our neighbours. ore specifically, we went to Cardigan, near Pembrokeshire.
Now 40 miles may not seem far, but you certainly know you’ve entered another country. Aside from the fact that we didn’t come across a set of traffic lights all week (believe me, this is very welcome on
vacation), the signposts are in a different language - a language that seems to have no obvious derivation, and is completely devoid of vowels!
I’d love to have grown up watching Countdown on C4 Wales - I’ll have a consonant please; and another consonant; and another consonant…
The Welsh countryside is pretty amazing, with Snowdonia on the one side, and a beautiful coastline on the other. I think the reason that I enjoyed it so much was because it was the first time I’d been back
in the ocean since leaving Oz. I immediately decided that I want to live there, though GastroGrrl assures me that I say this about everywhere we go that is not near Manchester! (except London, of
course). The other reason I liked it was because it stopped raining!
Highlights for me were swimming, laying on a beach, seeing dolphins, windsurfing, eating and drinking. Perfect!
The holiday was topped off by a visit to the highly-rated National Botanic Gardens of Wales, and a visit to our lovely friends Sam, Huw and Gethin in Cardiff.
Now , I just need to work out how to get Nat to move to Wales with me..
