The Arches 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.

... Lez for remembering the password from last year, how impressive is that, I'd forgotten even making the account, lol! Anyway, the user id is evansholiday, and the passwrord is evans1. Just don't forget to tell us who you are!

Right, back to synching my i pod.......

Next report from Vegas or Salt Lake City!

... exactly helped; how inconvenient! Anyway, everything is now booked; flights, cat into cattery, rental car to airport, Gatwick hotel, car hire in the US, 4 US hotels, 2 US houses, 1 US condo, and rental car from airport. Now I have to think about packing.......

... a great surprise. Then the thought "Oh ****!, Hes going to make me walk the Inca Trail!" Not to worry, theres plenty of time to talk him out of that crazy idea!

So anyway, Simon had saved enough airmiles to fly us to Lima Business Class. I am a complete convert, and have been totally spoiled. I will NEVER fly Cattle again! Unfortunately Im not sure my bank manager will disagree. There was enough room for my ...

... 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

... 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 ...

While I'm writing this, I have a packing list for Edinburgh infront of me, and banana bread baking in the over. After I write this I will pack for this weekend's trip (Edinburgh) and when the banana bread is done I'll go over to my friends flat for a potluck Thanksgiving. I'll stay there till 8 when I'll leave for the train station. I'll get on the train at 9 and arrive in Edinburgh at 11:00 AM, meeting friends (who are taking the bus) and staying the ...

... in stock! Now, this is not a problem for the normal human being to get a train - but this is Keeny we're talking about here! The eejit gets on a train at 6.30 from Neath but is stuck at Cardiff for 2 hours! He calls me just as Wales go 2-0 behind v Brazil :o( and is in such a mood that he threatens to get on the next train back to Neef! I though he was joking - but after spending 4 days with him - I bet he now wishes he'd have done ...