Alternative Beautiful Journey

Summer Holiday in Cotswolds and Wales!

Ok. I never thought i'd be so trilled to spend a week in the Welsh countryside. Myself JC and the 2 small people in my life packed up the car, including the dog and set of on a little adventure for a rare week off work together. Teenage son was happier to stay behind when the threat of miles of walking and no wifi was mentioned. This is a sad fact and I missed him lots but he really wouldn't have got the same enjoyment out of welly walks and bird bingo as the so smaller people in out life. Nannies it was. So. Off we went.

We set off 'upwards' it wasn't long until our first stop in the Cotswolds, we had a lovely lunch in Gloucester City, had a walk around the Cathedral listening to the sound of choir practise coming form an open window as we stopped to appreciate the grand building that stood before us.

We stayed overnight in a traditional Inn with exposed beams open fireplaces and the smiling faces of the local people each with a dog sat beside them. I loved how Peppa could come along with us wherever we went and it was 'normal', in fact it seemed more strange having the children then the dog!

We had a wonderful meal, home cooked and super tasty. The children discovered they loved pistachios so we ordered the pistachio cake with chocolate dipped cherries and vanilla ice cream....YUM!
We had a lovely hilly stroll around the surrounding lanes, absorbing views that went on for miles and admiring the beautiful stone cottages that have made me crave a country life very badly.

The next morning we set off to Wales, we headed straight through Herefordshire and eventually found ourselves a few hours later a the gorgeous barn conversion that would be our home for the next 5 days. It was perfect. From the endless views to the Laura Ashley style bedroom. I could definitely get used to this! No phone signal, no wifi, a tower of bored games and 7 acres of private fields with a lake to explore outside the door. Heaven.

We had days out, everyday to a different place. I quickly became passenger and gave up my overwhelming urge to be in the drivers seat. I'm not good with edges and North Wales seems to have some pretty horrendous spectacular ones. JC did well and about day 3 realised my fear was truly in need of support and quickly learned to take the corners slowly and say look away in advance of any sheer drops, which may I add always seemed to be on my side! I will post a few separate posts about the individual days out as they were all day long and i'd like to share some of the pictures i've taken of them.

On the last day we decided we didn't fancy coming home just yet so headed over to the West coast and drove down stopping at Aberystwyth. Such a pretty little town. We headed down to Pembrokeshire and had an overnight stay at Pembroke Dock followed by a day in Tenby which was beautiful! The sun shone, then it rained then the sun shone again! We then had to head home... :( Slight holiday blues but i'm looking forward to seeing my other boy and if we had stayed a day longer we' be in real trouble. Something had broken in the water tank in the roof and we were greeted with water poring through the ceiling in 2 of the bedrooms, thankfully the damage isn't too bad and hopefully will be easy enough to sort :/ A day longer and we'd be in real trouble!

Anyway, I have hundreds of pictures so i'll be sure to post some soon.

Bye for now :)