Swallow Falls Hotel Betws-y-Coed

... and they pretty much kicked him off, the jobsworth facist women-haters. We were quite depressed with ourselves considering we then had to pay out another £76 to get down to London, but I guess if this is the worst of our travel cock-ups for a seventh moneht world trip I guess we should 'quit the *****in....'

... tradidionally given by the man to his lady friend as a sign of love and devotion.

Tonight we're staying in Bala - a lakeside town, known for it's watersports and prehistoric fish that inhabit the lake! Dinner was at a pub (for something new!) and we enjoyed Steak and Brains stout pies - Brains is a beer brewed in Cardiff that Josh is enjoying - he is also getting into the Magners and Bulmers ciders!

Nos Da!
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... don’t mention Pwllwheli as we visited it on a day when there was no market and it was a miserable place.

All in all we have been spoilt by the Caravan Club to expect clearly laid out neat level pitches with nicely cropped grass and quiet by 10:30pm - None of which we got at either Haven site we have visited so far -- but what you do get is access to entertainment albeit at a price for most of the day and night

... musky animals. In addition, whilst the lawn would have been large enough for our five man tent, the whopping great big pond in the middle of it made it impossible to pitch a tent unless you wanted to balance the tent over the top of it. This would make for a bit of a wet night, with the dog whining incessantly at the ferrets the whole time. Nope, we made the right decision to drive home later.

The rest of the Bewdley Mountaineering Club were arriving back in ...

... for a well deserved foot bath or two. It was hard, and hot, but so worth it, I had such a great time... can't wait to climb more things in Scotland :D :D

*2/10/09 - Just uploaded my heart rate trace for the climb to Garmin Connect ...

... we had breakfast and left by 9:15 and by the time we had dinner on the way home it was 8:00 PM. Gordon never complains and we are so pleased with his touring us.

On the way home from the canal trip we took a sight seeing trip to Angelssy which is North West of Wales and is a separate island. It is a lovely sea village with many boats.

Again no internet access today-sorry folks!

So all flights, ferrys and buses we hve to book in advance are all booked, sponge bob car ready thestart of our rally to naples, Italy - along with my durcell battery water pistol!!

Just a few preparation pictures to show what we taking.

... and shooting pictures of the beautiful waterfront and castle. I set about shopping and I have had fun doing that on the trip! Here is a photo of the castle as well as a photo of the view from our room. We have a room in a cottage instead of the main house this time and it is very nice. Tomorrow we are headed to Snowdonia Park in the mountains.

There is no internet access so I hope to post these next two entries soon!

Group of 25 headed up Snowdon in celebration of Andy Duggards retirment.

Brilliant time was had by all, probably the best retirement I have been on (obviously sponsored by Carlsburg)

Congratulations Andy.

Proved to be a good last workout before we go - calves are feeling the effect though.

Well done to those that completed this mountain for the first time - Scafell next!

... Canada, and he said so am I, Whitby. I said oh no not the shwaaaa. He spend the evening with the gents and us. One of the english gents was quite, "gobby" as they say over here. Means he got quite worked up and verbal. He was bashing the media for creating the current "credit crunch" as they call it. He wants to know what the "ell" is that. James asked if he had ever been "tossed" from a bar and of ...