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Cardiff
... The Conqueror's son Robert in prison. Robert was imprisoned due to Williams other son (who went on to became King Henry I) Henry. We went to St David's shopping complex for a look around before heading to the Cardiff Market for lunch. Jono was very excited to eat welsh cuisine - this featured ******s and mushy peas with gravy and Welsh cakes to follow. With the chilly winds we decided to get a hot drink so we popped into a cafe ...
Swansea
First thing we went to Liberty Stadium to pick up the tickets for the Swansea games against Norwich and Middlesborough. Phil (the man who Jono managed to organise tickets through) took us behind the scenes and into Liberty Stadium itself! We were both chuffed and had our photo taken. After getting the tickets we went into the Merchandise shop and while Jono was browsing he was asked by some Danish jornalists if he could do an ...
London (Heathrow) - Swansea
We arrived in London an hour early as we had 230km/h tail winds! It was a nice flight with no real turbulence and time seemed to pass quickly. As our bus tickets from London to Swansea were pre-booked for 1.05pm we went to the ticketing office to see if we could amend our tickets to an earlier bus, we were told it would cost £51!! We decided not to amend our original tickets seen as we ...
The day after.
... blowing across he bay as I watch some dinghies sailing well out in the bay. Given it is ten degrees standing on the shore, I can only imagine the sea spray and the wind chill must make it freezing out there, I can only assume they are well cocooned in wetsuits.
I settle on a popular French restaurant and wander in. A table for one is no problem. There are a number of large family ...
Moving onto Wales
... anthem, a truly spectacular moment. To be there in the flesh to support the All Black on the other side of the world and even better was to see them win the game was a rare opportunity. We met some really nice Welsh people that were sitting in front of us and we all ended up having a few drinks together at a pub after the game. The weather unfortunately wasn't on our side and was pouring down. A few of us wanted to head to another pub but just before we made it ...
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