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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
... that much for the tickets to begin with! To chew through time we went into the cafe in the lobby and had a coffee. We got chatting to a nice English lady who had the same idea of passing time while waiting as well. We had a lovely soup for lunch in the cafe before heading to the bus. Practically as soon as the bus started we had both fallen asleep and the next thing we knew we were in ...
West country rellie-bashing
... getting our fill of all the breakfast classics, we headed off on a walk to Porlock. We made our way through hedgerow-lined footpaths, through beautiful tiny villages and along the sea. Porlock Weir is just past Porlock and by the sea with a cute little harbor. It took about 2 and a quarter hours and our final destination was an ancient pub where we phoned Tanzie for a ride back. According to Nana and Poppy, no trip to England is complete without cream tea ...
Reunited cousin love!
... I only met Tanzie once before, at my auntie Helen's wedding when I was two. That's also the last time Mum saw her. Fourteen years later and we're all reunited!
It was an amazing meal of lamb roast with gravy, the best roast potatoes I've ever tried, EVER, and loads of delicious veggies. For dessert we had this ...
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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