The First Hurdle
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... way to the Millennium Stadium tour. The tour around Millennium Stadium began at 2pm and we were in a group of six people. On the tour we watched a movie of the history of the stadium and then entered "the dragon's lair". We got to go into the press conference room (the Ray Gravell room), changing rooms, corporate boxes, entrance tunnel and the pitch itself. At 3.15pm we caught the bus back to Swansea and had "cod and chips" for ...
The day after.
... Paddington line has only minor disruption but more rain is due tonight.
My day is a relaxed one, a stroll down to Cardiff Bay exploring the area, checking out the menus at every restaurant on the wharf in anticipation of a long lingering late lunch. The rain is holding off as I head over towards the huge BBC structure famous for the making of Doctor Who, and more recently Torchwood. There's a ...
Moving onto Wales
Friday we said our goodbyes to Lu. We jumped on the train into town and then caught a 3 hour bus to Cardiff. It was kind of nice to be able to just sit back and relax on the bus rather then driving plus its good for me to write the blog because i'll be honest, this thing has been like homework but I know it will be worth it at the end. Once we got to Cardiff we then had to catch another bus to our hotel. When we stepped off our bus in Cardiff we could tell ...
Match Day!
... came prepared with the AA Pub guide. He had preselected a couple of highly rated pubs in the welsh countryside for us to sample, one for lunch and one for the chaser. 25 minutes out of Cardiff and we walked into the first establishment. We were present with a veritable feast of fresh seafood on display, in a large dining room that belied the remote location. A hearty meal of beef stew and mash for Hoggy and a freshly caught cod with chips for me, and of course, ...
Wales Weather for the Welsh ...
... my prepaid ticket to an earlier service to give me a more comfortable margin given there are already two hour delays.
Then it was on to explore Cardiff, next stop Millennium stadium in anticipation for the big day. It was a mere 5 minutes walk from the station. Everything here is so close, I'm loving it.traffic is non existent, especially when you compare it to where I have been in ...
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