Wednesday, September 09, 2015

DC - The Pocket

Drawing challenge this weekend is The Pocket...


Here is my pocket! Me too!
Our Spanish house keys hanging from within... We are going home...

And having now left the house in Wales we called home, we are in slow transit to Spain, we arrived in Cardiff late afternoon yesterday, after a whirlwind of a day, trip to dump, trip to doctors, trip to town and trip to railway station!! Thanks to good friends and family we made the final step... In our hotel room now, after being around the shops for six hours!! Heck!!! Walked each and every one of the many arcades...


So many lovely indepentant shops, bars and restaurants, my feet are sore though, I have walked about ten miles a day for the last week, with all the moving and cleaning and clearing...

Last night it did feel strange, sort of like we really should be getting back to Briton Ferry! And to Pippa!! Who, coincidentally, walked off down the path with the pet transport peeps without a backwards glance, I can only hope, she presumed we were behind her, until at the van she turned and saw we were not!


And now Pippa is making faster progress than us forsure; already in France, and probably comfy in pet friendly residence as I write!

I travelled across country to see Tony and Kate Saturday morning, Tony drove us to Bedford, not been there for donkeys years... We had a drink and then left! In the evening we went to a local eatery, having first course there, then ice cream from next door!


Oh yeah baby! I had blue bubblegum and blackcurrant combo! Yum yum!!! It was gorgeous and I am very glad I don't live nearby!

I should add I guess that I drove in a rental to see my boys... And therefore it was Sunday morning I then headed north on the M1 which was stuck like an old record?!? on 50mph for what seemed like most of the journey!

Spent a lovely day with them... Oh my beautiful greeneyed granddaughter... We went to a branch of Chiquitos... Not been there, well one of its like in Aylesbury since leaving to go to Spain last time!

I left them about 7pm and got back to the Ferry at nearly eleven... Long dark drive, the interior dash lights were too bright and cast a strange reflection on the drivers door window... The longer I drove the more mesmerising it became!!  Thing is the car needed to be back by 12:30 Monday, and I would have had to have left so early... Just seemed best thing to do... And used car for a trip to dump into the bargin!

Okay amigos... TTFN from Welsh Wales for the last time as a resident, in transit now...
See you on the flipside friends, time to travel once more, this chick gathers no moss!!

Marian

Thursday, September 03, 2015

The Duffryn Arms Neath W Glamorgan





This pub has become 'the local' to me and my buddy Lynne...

They have been very patient with our English voices, loud giggles and ever excited conversations...


We had a wonderful lunch in there this Tuesday, great food, wine, friendly staff, and felt just like any normal celebration...


...most of the time...


A good five hours in all...  No, a great faboulous five hours!


And now, the end is here, we reach the final curtain... My friends... Lol sorry, I keep bursting into song, with incorrect or missed placed lyrics...

And yesterday, last shopping trip to Swansea, with neighbour, I bought something, she bought some things, and had our coffees and tiasted tea cakes in Kadamas, my favirute kitch restaurant in Swansea!

My last day at work today, Franco's yesterday, butterflies dancing in my stomach and the leaving 'n missing struggle goes on... But, its our leaving do in town tomorrow evening, Swansea city watch out lol, clothes prepared, invited sent, get the music ready, and to drink? Something non alcoholic for me please, done my drinking for the year already this week, two big glasses and I was 'enough already!!!'

TTFN
Marian

E&EO on phone!