Trip report: January 4 (travel day to Cardiff)

[cowgrrl]

We checked out of our blah hotel in London and made our way to Paddington station where we took a train to Cardiff. Unfortunately I was stuck riding backwards the entire way but I discovered if I kept my eyes closed most of the time I didn't end up with motion sickness. And it was just a 2 hour ride. It was raining when we arrived, and it took us a while to find the B&B host who was kind enough to come pick us up, but at last we arrived at the fabulous Ty Rosa B&B. The proprietors, Stuart and Paul are warm and friendly, they have a wonderful dog, Max, and the decor was great. I highly recommend this place, if you're ever in Cardiff. (And I'm not just saying this because Paul is likely to read this, LOL.)

By the time we were settled in it was already getting dark (it's dark by 4pm this time of year) and the rain was really coming down, and we were in an unfamiliar city so we decided to stay in for the evening. The B&B has an assortment of DVDs guests can borrow (and leave some spare change in the piggy bank which goes to charity). We watched some episodes of Shaun the Sheep, and the guys fixed us tuna sandwiches and a yummy apple crumble dessert. And of course we photographed the decor.

Barbie Christmas tree! (There was also a more traditional one.)


Sheep chess set!


Denice playing with Max


The back yard - taken a different day. Even in January there is green outdoors in Cardiff. :-)

Comments

[maymorning.livejournal.com]

Great pics! *giggling* They really love Shaun the Sheep! (So do I, he's great!)What a nice place to stay.

[verucas-chaos.livejournal.com]

Great pics...by the way I am watching Harry Potter inspired by your pic's of another post!

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

Great pics! And I love Shaun the Sheep too. He is so darned cute.

I remember I got stuck riding backwards on the train once. I got sooooo ill. Blech. After that, I would always make sure to buy tickets that faced front. (I think they called it the 'direction of travel' - which makes sense)

[cluelessinchi.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is beautiful. Is the weather there always so horrid? I never hear anything but rain, fog, rain etc. Does the sun actually ever shine?

[gottagetcoffee.livejournal.com]

I'll have to show Kathleen the the pic of the sheep chess board at the winterfest. She loves Shawn of the sheep! The B&B looks comfy!