The Grand Ash Hotel Llandudno

... 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....'

... And if you walk around them clockwise three times, that night you will dream of your wedding - if you walk 3 times anticlockwise you will have a nightmare!

We also visited an Ancient Celtic cross, probably from 6-7th century - amazing

Most of our day was spent at another sea side town - Aberystwyth. We took a little clunking old railcar to the top of the coastline with some amazing views. Then for lunch we sat ...

... I had a quiet word, and persuaded him to let Saskia climb.

He let her climb half way up to a ledge (at the bottom of Crack 2) and abseil back down again a couple of times, which was enough to make her happy. Whew! It would have been a screaming, crying nightmare if she'd been the only one left out. It's a big deal when you are six.

We followed Jan and Emma's car to Louise's place, up the steepest hill I have ever tried to ascend in a car. It must ...

... had torches, otherwise... The worst was one guy jogging up with a massive backpack. As he ran past me I wondered if he'd just lost a bet and was having to do this as a forfeit... What was that about??!

Anyway, we were home by 8, in ...

... 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!

... a massive mine back in the day but now is more a museum that has two tours, we did both. Starting with the Deep Mine Tour we had an audio guide show us around around 10 chambers talking about the history and culture that the mine developed. Also had a spectacular underground lake. Next to the Miner's Tramway tour it showed us how the mine was run ... yeah it would suck being a miner! Also damn cold!! We were all edu-mac-cation-alised by the time we ...

... me preguntó, "¿Te gustaria casarme mi chica bonita?", y mi respuesta fue "¡¡¡Pues, claro si!!!" ¡Que bonita fue! ¡Que perfecta! Estoy tan feliz, tengo sonrisa enorme continuamente. Desafortunadamente tenemos solamente dos dias para celebrar nuestras noticias, y ahora.... ¡¡¡vamos a CELEBRAR!!! Hasta luego, voy a escribir el domingo, cuando estoy en Cuzco, ¡Peru! Besos muy grandes Xxxx