Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Welsh ANZACS???
On the weekend of ANZAC day, we, together with an Aussie couple and a friend who is married to a Kiwi/Aussie went to Wales to stay with a Welsh friend of ours and her parents. Phew. I think Hannah earned the title of honorary ANZAC.... She is from Swansea, in central South Wales. While we were there, Hannah's mum and her dog, Louey, took us up Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons. Its a popular climb but still really enjoyable. We also went walking around Gower Peninsula, and seeing the sights in the different parts of Swansea.
It was beautiful. Rhossili beach on the Gower peninsula is a great surfing location apparently, and it really reminded us of the northern west coast beaches of New Zealand (thinking Piha). On the way there, we drove through this wooded road where the ground is covered with wild garlic. It was an incredible smell. We were lucky to have fantastic weather. Here are some of the pics. One of these was taken in these gardens in Swansea where there is this hillside just covered in gorgeous spring bluebells. The spring flowers in this part of the world are really noticeable and dazzling.
It was beautiful. Rhossili beach on the Gower peninsula is a great surfing location apparently, and it really reminded us of the northern west coast beaches of New Zealand (thinking Piha). On the way there, we drove through this wooded road where the ground is covered with wild garlic. It was an incredible smell. We were lucky to have fantastic weather. Here are some of the pics. One of these was taken in these gardens in Swansea where there is this hillside just covered in gorgeous spring bluebells. The spring flowers in this part of the world are really noticeable and dazzling.
Man - Chest - Hair
Well we went to Manchester in April. We managed to get a great deal on train tickets so we thought we had better snap up the opportunity. Manchester, on the West coast of England, near Liverpool and Sheffield, is, in many ways, just another city. A lot of London folk asked us "Why do you want to go there????"
Well, we visited some friends that we made on the Rally, who actually live in Warrington, on the outskirts of Manchester. We stayed centrally, though, and they came in and showed us some of the local museums, pubs, and curry restaurants. It was really cool to see them again and to get some local insite. Sam's Chop house does really yum traditional English food!
We also went out to Disley, about 35 min by train from Manchester, and walked out to the National Trust Estate at Lyme Park. This house was used as the setting for Mr Darcy's Pemberley in the BBC adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. (Un)fortunately it was a bit too chilly to make Daniel leap in to the lake in his white shirt and jodhpurs (haha) but we had a great time anyway. Here are some more pics for you all.
Well, we visited some friends that we made on the Rally, who actually live in Warrington, on the outskirts of Manchester. We stayed centrally, though, and they came in and showed us some of the local museums, pubs, and curry restaurants. It was really cool to see them again and to get some local insite. Sam's Chop house does really yum traditional English food!
We also went out to Disley, about 35 min by train from Manchester, and walked out to the National Trust Estate at Lyme Park. This house was used as the setting for Mr Darcy's Pemberley in the BBC adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. (Un)fortunately it was a bit too chilly to make Daniel leap in to the lake in his white shirt and jodhpurs (haha) but we had a great time anyway. Here are some more pics for you all.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Better Late than Never... Up in the Lakes
OK so we know we haven't been very good at this recently but we now have downloaded a whole lot of photos and we have a laptop (from Susanna's new job!!!!) so we really have no excuse...
EASTER in the LAKE DISTRICT....
Was really beautiful. We stayed in Keswick, which is north of Windermere and east of Cockermouth. There were a lot of other campers in the farm paddock that we had pitched our little dome tent in but that didn't last long. On Friday night, the wind howled a massive gale. Unbelievable - it was so noisy that Dan ended up sleeping in the (tiny) car. The next morning, half the other tents were destroyed and people were packing down what remained. The weather hadn't finished with us yet.... it started snowing in the early hours of Sunday am so that when we woke up, all was quiet and still and surrounded with several inches of the white stuff.
Despite this, we still managed to get out and drive around much of the lake district. We also went walking to Castlerigg Stone Circle, up Walla Crag and down along the eastern shores of Derwent Water, and around the lakes in Grasmere. Here are some of the pics.
EASTER in the LAKE DISTRICT....
Was really beautiful. We stayed in Keswick, which is north of Windermere and east of Cockermouth. There were a lot of other campers in the farm paddock that we had pitched our little dome tent in but that didn't last long. On Friday night, the wind howled a massive gale. Unbelievable - it was so noisy that Dan ended up sleeping in the (tiny) car. The next morning, half the other tents were destroyed and people were packing down what remained. The weather hadn't finished with us yet.... it started snowing in the early hours of Sunday am so that when we woke up, all was quiet and still and surrounded with several inches of the white stuff.
Despite this, we still managed to get out and drive around much of the lake district. We also went walking to Castlerigg Stone Circle, up Walla Crag and down along the eastern shores of Derwent Water, and around the lakes in Grasmere. Here are some of the pics.
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