Currently having a break from blogging 😊

11-12 August Dolphin Spotting

Well the heatwave didn't quite reach the Welsh coast on Monday as we were pretty much in warm and dreary conditions for most of the day. We eventually had a bit of rain in the evening!

We spent our morning in New Quay with a bit of dolphin spotting from the harbour wall.

A huge fish and chips for lunch - glad we shared it!

Late afternoon we went blackberry picking. Something Dad always enjoyed when he stayed at the van. We took a lovely tub full for Mum when we visited today.

We took Mum for lunch up at The Castle Hotel where we could sit in the conservatory where it was cool in today's 30C+ temperatures. Certainly made a difference in the temperature when the clouds cleared. 

This evening's forecast shows a few more high temperatures so it'll be air conditioning on in the car when we drive back to Kent.

Writing this whilst in bed late this evening, I've just managed to give myself the heebegeebies ...... I had put the full ice cube trays upside down in the drainer to defrost overnight. Sitting in bed I could hear clinking and a metallic noise but at first couldn't quite work out what was making the unusual noise. It freaked me out a bit until I realised it was the ice cubes falling out of the tray on to the drainer! I soon emptied them out as I couldn't be putting up with creepy noises overnight 😄.

8 -10 August Back Down to Wales

I won't go into the nitty gritty of our Friday drive down to Wales, other than to say it was a long trip! A normal 6-7 hour drive took us about 11 hours as the traffic was horrendous. Loads of hold ups but no obvious cause other than every man and his dog was driving in the same direction as us!

We've decided that during the summer holidays that we'll just have to make a really early start to try and avoid the summer exodus. This means we could be up exceptionally early on Friday when we head further south to Kent.

Anyway here at the van the reseeded bit of earth has certainly grown. We're expecting the lawn mowers around this week so it'll be interesting to see what it looks like after it's first cut.

Saturday morning we took ourselves over to Aberaeron to see how the sea defence work has been going. The inner harbour just looks like a mud bath and the flood gate is now in. Even though you can't go on the harbour wall yet, they've also put some benches along it so hopefully by our return after Spain we'll get to walk along for the first time in 2 years!

Today we walked up to New Quay by the road route as it was high tide. The alpacas were looking shorn - just a woolly head and a very short coat. Probably just the right amount for today as despite the cloudy skies it was fairly warm.

Ideal sitting outside and reading conditions. An iced coffee in one hand and a book balanced in the other - perfect!