I've wiid in my living room

Oh dear, we've bought a Wii and Wii Fit. There goes the summer. Next post will be in 2014.

Wales... again!

On Friday, I headed to Swansea to have a new mohair hood fitted to my car. I wanted to be there for 8:30am so left at 4:00! Motorways are brilliant at that time of day. I cruised straight there 70-80mph all the way without one hold up. I was waiting outside the garage at 8:00. I chose Jack Smith Auto Trimmers in Swansea due to the raft of recommendations on the MX-5 owner's club forum. It was a tiny little place but they were really friendly, did a great job and charged me over £200 less than the next best quote.
After the work was complete I drove across to Cardiff station where I met K. She had been working in London that day and we had arranged to meet up with her friends Karen and Kev that night. We had dinner with them and stayed at their house and had a really nice evening. We hadn't seen them since their wedding (in fact that was the only time I had met them previously!) so there was lots to catch up on.
On Saturday morning we drove 10 minutes up the road to have breakfast with Ceri and Richard and their family. It was great to be able to catch up with friends that we don't see very often. It's a long old trek from Lincoln to Cardiff but hopefully we'll see them all more regularly in the future.

Snowdon-tastic

K and I had a week in Wales with the Blackburn-Houghtons. It may have been wet but we had a great time. We stayed in a beautiful converted chapel in the village of Dolwyddelan near Betws-y-coed. The scenery around Snowdon is just stunning and we had some great walks.

To break up the journey home, K and I had two nights in Colton on the edge of Cannock Chase.

Pictures above, top row first (L-R). Hardcore ramblers crossing Llynnau Mymbyr. Bodnant Gardens. Kite flying on Llandudno beach. Conwy harbour. Ffestiniog light railway. Portmeirion. Ivy enjoying her 'walk'. Kezza. Our converted chapel. Relaxing in the conservatory. Shugborough. On the roof of Lichfield Cathedral.