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Rugby
G and I went to the rugby today, one of his bucket list items now ticked. Took the train to Cardiff city, mingled with the locals and lots of Welsh fans. Had our seats in the nose bleed section which was really quite scary as they were very steep. Australia won with a try in the 79 minute and we joined the other Aussies to cheer our boys on. Had to …
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 ...
The day after.
It's winding down. Almost three weeks after I embarked on my adventure I have a quiet day in Cardiff before making my way to London Paddington and then Heathrow tomorrow. I said goodbye to Hoggy mid morning as he headed home to Leeds.
The wild weather with torrential rain continues to threaten my plans to get to Heathrow with major flooding affecting all modes of land based transport. So far the ...
Moving onto Wales
... Wales then puts on its show of rain for us. So you can imagine that we have a big suitcase each and backpack running down this road still not 100%25 sure of where we were going, we are both busting to go to the toilet and we were getting drenched. Not a good start to not having a car but we just laughed it off, it was quite funny. Not bothered about catching the long bus ride into the city again that afternoon we decided to just chill. Yesterday we slept in, had ...
Match Day!
... br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">As we approached the stadium, the crowds grew thicker, the streets around the city centre had been closed to traffic, and crowds spilled out of the pubs onto the pavement, drinking in the rain.
We found our seats, amongst a group of other expat kiwis who all booked their tickets through the same sports travel agency. People from hong kong, London, USA, and of course many from New Zealand. ...