Best Western Imperial Hotel Llandudno

... and they pretty much kicked him off, the jobsworth facist women-haters. We were quite depressed with ourselves considering we then had to pay out another £76 to get down to London, but I guess if this is the worst of our travel cock-ups for a seventh moneht world trip I guess we should 'quit the *****in....'

Well from Fishgaurd we headed up along the west coast of Wales. Our first stop were Ancient Burial chambers, from prehistoric times - known as Dolmers (forgive the spelling!) they were massive slabs of rock, balanced on each other and then surrounded in smaller rocks, eventually making a mound. Goodness knows how they got the rocks up there! According to tradition (which Josh wasn't too happy with!) standing under them can improve your ...

... 8am. It took us getting on for three hours to drive across to Wales and find the right place to park. The rock itself is a few minutes walk from the farmhouse where we left the car. We took the dog and the picnic and wandered over to the base of the cliff where the others had already started climbing.

Little Tryfan is described as a beginners' climb, with a comfortable gradient and easy holds. It is good for practicing multi-pitches as it is in excess of 200 ...

... Mum had previously climbed it up a ridiculously hard/drawn out route, so if she managed that one then this one would be easy, right...?

It was a classic day for it. All the clothes/scarves/hats/gloves I'd packed for it were utterly ...

... I have enclosed some photo's. This trip took us over the Pontcyscllte Aqueduct which is about 200 feet above ground. Following the trip I walked back over the aqueduct and took these photo’s. No way would Glenn come with me as he is not fond of heights. At a little shop on the other side of the canal I found a small recipe book to bring home of English cakes and scones. Today was a long ...

So all flights, ferrys and buses we hve to book in advance are all booked, sponge bob car ready thestart of our rally to naples, Italy - along with my durcell battery water pistol!!

Just a few preparation pictures to show what we taking.

... parading through the city and I quickly snapped this shot. I thought the parade was for us, however Gordon promptly indicated to me that it was for the town. Too bad!

Following our visit to Chester we made good time on the freeway to Conwy, Wales. This has a large castle as you enter town and you can walk all the streets in about an hours time which I proceeded to do. Glenn and Gordon set about finding photo ...

Group of 25 headed up Snowdon in celebration of Andy Duggards retirment.

Brilliant time was had by all, probably the best retirement I have been on (obviously sponsored by Carlsburg)

Congratulations Andy.

Proved to be a good last workout before we go - calves are feeling the effect though.

Well done to those that completed this mountain for the first time - Scafell next!

... we had climbed quite a fair way by the time we turned around but in fact the mountain range kept on going and going and going ... you get the gist.

Dinner was at a local wood-ovened pizza place. Basically you start with the base and choose your toppings to go on it. Mine was a chicken, chorizo, chilli, buffalo mozzarella, caramelised onions, rocket (apparently but didn't see any). Topped with some Kronenberg lets just say, yummy dinner. Back ...