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Swansea
... decided it was time for new shoes. Around an hour and a half after entering the store (and after a lot of humming and hah-ing) he bought a new pair, funnily enough a close replica of the pair with holes!! For dinner we went for tea at Dylan Thomas' favourite pub - the "No Sign Wine Bar". Jono decided he would like to try "Brains Beer" and after a few sips concluded it wasn't his favourite drink...at all! I am glad I stuck to orange ...
London (Heathrow) - Swansea
We arrived in London an hour early as we had 230km/h tail winds! It was a nice flight with no real turbulence and time seemed to pass quickly. As our bus tickets from London to Swansea were pre-booked for 1.05pm we went to the ticketing office to see if we could amend our tickets to an earlier bus, we were told it would cost £51!! We decided not to amend our original tickets seen as we ...
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!
... baked apple crumble with nuts and seeds and WARM!!!! custard. My taste buds were having a party.
This morning we are heading off for a walk around Minehead. Apparently there are loads of great walks around the countryside. Nana and Pop always tell me about this place, so strange being here without them..
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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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