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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 ...
West country rellie-bashing
... took some pictures. In the evening James cooked up the leftover lamb in a lovely curry, and also made a lentil potato veggie one. We ordered in naan and papadums to go with the curries and it was great!! For pudding Tanzie baked another crumble with the leftover crumb mixture and apples. YUMMM :) I learned the art of heating custard which shouldn't be legal because it tempts you to pour it over absolutely everything. The next morning, Mum and I went out ...
Reunited cousin love!
We met Uncle David (Poppy's brother) at the train station in Bristol and rode the train with him to Taunton, where we got in his car and drove to his house and met his partner, Pru. We had a drink there and then drove to Tanzie and Rich's house for a dinner party!! (Tanzie is Uncle David's daughter, Mum's cousin, Rich is her ...
The beaches and cliffs of Gower
... to see the remains of the shipwreck Helvetia – turns out we were there on November 1, the very day it sank 125 years earlier.
One of the women, whom I’d met on the Thames Path walk last April, had kindly picked me up at the Swansea train station on arrival and drove me on departure day to the Cardiff station. That helped me avoid long bus connections. Thanks, Allison!
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