Hurst Dene Hotel Swansea

... a huge wall of water. I ducked back into the tank bag in time, but everyone else got drenched from head to foot. When we stopped at the next lights everybody was in fits of laughter, except David & Colin who had escaped up ahead & had no idea what we were laughing at.

Going back to today, we are now very comfy in Steve's luxurious static caravan & eating a Chinese take-away.

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 ...

We woke up in our swanky hotel room the day after our fantastic wedding. We had spent two days celebrating with all of our closest freinds and family. It had been an emotional roller coaster of a weekend (for me anyway) and we were both exhausted... Today was going to be excruciatingly long and hung over!...
Simons only job during the preparation was to organise the honeymoon and keep the destination a secret ...

... t comfortable signing off on us riding on the beach. But we could go for a hack through the woods. Figured that was better than nothing.

Man it was a miserable day...raining and cold all day. Pretty much from when we entered Wales, it was raining on us...maybe Scotland will be better? The forecast calls for no rain, but it's still supposed to be cold, so wish us luck

... excavated as well as the museum which had some interesting things in it. I wouldn't want to stay in this town for a really long period of time as there is not really that much there. It was very cute and quaint though.

We then set off for London and arrived late afternoon where i said good bye to all my new friends and headed off to Fulham to stay with Jade for a few nights before setting off again.

Of course, the ideal way to pass the day after a 100km mountain bike ride is to walk up the highest peak in the Beacons, so after a lovely cooked breakfast at the Canal Bridge Café, we loaded up the car then parked at the bottom of Pen y Fan and set off to walk up. It's not that bad a walk, and the views are great: typically Beacons, with big, rolling, grassy hills.

Our ...

... us up...Who did this.....??? Our badly packed rucksacks arrived safely, this was a massive surprise considering we had so many attatchments to it, i.e tent, sleeping bags etc...... To get them at all from terminal 5 was a bonus!! Any hoo.... First thing first..EXIT... FAG!!!!!! Oops...we don't smoke...Oh no.... Hee! Taxi from airport was a bit strange.. passing british motorway signs, speed limits etc..very ...

6:45 AM - wake up call 7:15 AM - arrived early for breakfast 7:45 AM - arrived at Bayswater Underground Station 9:15 AM - arrived at Heathrow airport 10:15 AM - left Heathrow for Swansea 16:00 - arrived Swansea station 16:20 - recieved flat key 18:00 - dinner at the Carvery 21:00 - beginning of the night 24:00 - winding down inbetween ... - said goodbye to Grandma at Byron + met Avi, Doug, Gloria and others at Heathrow, all bound for Swansea (also 3 Italian girls and ...