Gower Golf Club Swansea

... amp; photo shoot at the Christie. Food there was very nice tho'.

We then headed off to Wales where we are staying tonight. It was a very long journey - 5 hours riding. I had lots of sleeps along the way as Martyn's KTM rocked me back and forth in the dark round the winding Welsh hilly roads.

Just remembered some fun we had yesterday too when we were riding thru' Northumbria. It ...

Back at the St. Brides Spa Hotel in Saundersfoot.
Unfortunately, winter doesn't make this the best place to stay. It's dark when you are at the hotel, so you don't get the views. And the spa doesn't stay open late enough in the winter. At least I will get to enjoy it over the weekend.
And the walk along the coast - kind of scary in the dark. But you do get to see a bunch of stars and parts of the Milky Way because there isn't much light pollution out here.

Ok, this is just a quick check that all is running smoothly with the blog, as I've had some problems. Hopefully You're all now getting e mail updates when a new entry is posted. We've also retrieved the log in details for the travelpod account we created last year so that you can log in and make (nice!) comments. Well done ...

OK, here we go again, sat in Lyn's office trying to sort everything out. This year's trip has proved even more complicated to arrange, especially as we're flying out of Gatwick and back into Heathrow. We never like to do things the easy way! Also the dollar hasn ...

... to go on really!
Dad picked us up and drove us to the airport.... I still had no idea where we were off to, until Simon asked the check in desk lady to tell me... "Would you do me the honour of telling my new wife where we will be going on our honeymoon." He said. She got all flustered and embarrased, Like hed just proposed to her or something... eventually she got round to mentioning we were off to Peru!... WOW ...

Booked with Clyne Farms to go horse-back riding on the beach. But first we had to get our skills evaluated because when the horses see the wide open expanse of beach, they want to gallop. I was all for this. But it wasn't meant to be apparently. I've never ridden an English saddle before and it's been years since I've ridden a horse. Same with Jacqui. So the instructor said she ...

... day and was nice to walk around the little town with a massive castle in the middle (you would think I would have had enough of castles by now but no they are still cool).

We the stopped off in Callyan (not sure if that's spelt right) which was nice for a change as it actually was a roman stronghold and thus still has some remains from this era. We went and had a look at the roman baths which had ...

... stay was at Llandeilo so took us by Carreg Cennan castle, an evocative castle ruin perched spectacularly atop a crag overlooking the Towy valley. Beneath the castle are subterranean tunnels that you can explore. Torches can be hired from the visitor centre.

On to Llandeilo. We booked into the Cawdor, an old coaching inn, and left my precious steed in the back of the ...

... We saw all the main sites in Jerusalem (Western Wal, Temple Mount, Mount of Olives, Getsemani, the Golden Gate, or Western Gate. We went to the Judean desert, and saw Masada, where everything is light brown(mountains and the fortress) and deep blue (Dead Sea far away), Quram, where the Dead Sea scrolls where found, a place so beautiful with sea, sand and flowering trees, and the mountains of the desert in the ...

... I'll decide on one of those, I have no idea. I'm applying to 4 in France, one in Australia, and one in the Netherlands. At the Freshers Fayre (aka Freshmen Fair) today, I was talking to a representive from a multicultural group. He asked where I was from and I told him New York. His immediate reply was "Oh so you dont speak any other languages?" My life goal is to get rid of that assumption. I told him I spoke some French and was taking Spanish. His surprise made my day.