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Swansea
... decided it was time for new shoes. Around an hour and a half after entering the store (and after a lot of humming and hah-ing) he bought a new pair, funnily enough a close replica of the pair with holes!! For dinner we went for tea at Dylan Thomas' favourite pub - the "No Sign Wine Bar". Jono decided he would like to try "Brains Beer" and after a few sips concluded it wasn't his favourite drink...at all! I am glad I stuck to orange ...
West country rellie-bashing
... Cottage. (Cream tea is the classic combo of tea, scones, clotted cream and jam traditionally enjoyed at 4 pm) Devastatingly, it closed for the season just days before we arrived in area. This ironic cruelty is almost too much to bear. To make up for this disappointment, Tanzie kindly offered to baked us some scones and host our very own cream tea at home. She has a friend in London who wrote a recipe book called "Fancy a Scone?" (available on Kindle ...
The beaches and cliffs of Gower
... scenery.
It was a great Walking Women holiday based at a hotel right at the beach, on the wide sands of Oxwich Bay. We were a group of 10 and one guide, an eclectic bunch, including a professional clarinetist, a PhD lecturer on death and dying, an artist, a very fit 77-year-old, a former police officer (the guide), a teacher and others.
We had an excellent first day ...
Not a good start...
... It had even been featured on Westlife.org and in prestigious local newspaper, The Star. It almost brings tears to the eye to think of how featureless our lives would have been had it not been for that chance encounter. Had I not hurt my hand and needed to use the air-conditioning to cool it, our car would have had more power and we would have overtaken the Westlife car at speed and not even noticed! Fate, you crafty *******!
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Working for a livin' & planning for a winter!
... doggies. Our last working day at Warcoombe is the 10th October (yah!) then we will stay on for a few days to pack up and chillax!
We leave 'wonderful' UK on the 10th Nov via Euro Tunnel then have five weeks to get to the Algarve where we have booked onto a Camping and Caravaning Club Winter Rally for thirty four nights and beyond that ...
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