I love my children and partner dearly, but sometimes you just need to get away from it all, sit down and be able to read a book without anyone tugging on your top and that includes my partner!
As you will know by now, if you have read my other blogs, I try and meet up with my best friend for lunch and a catch up every few months and that lately we have been visiting different towns in Mid Wales.
As we all know there are plenty of fantastic things to do in Wales that don’t cost a thing, after all you can’t charge for a wonderful view from the top of a ruined castle or dolphin spotting from the coast path in West Wales.
My maternal grandparents both have family who hail from the coastal area of North East Wales and I spent plenty of time there as a young girl, following a long family tradition of days out to Prestatyn, Rhyl and along to Llandudno.
Wales does draw many people in and I was delighted when my oldest friend also made a permanent move to this wonderful country. We met when we were seven years old and haven’t been able to get away from each other since!
The Ceremonial Start for Wales Rally GB, the final round of the 2014 World Rally Championship, will be at 6.30pm on Thursday 13 November at Eirias Park Stadium, Colwyn Bay in North Wales.
At the end of the 1950s, there was much discussion about plans to restore the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway. The Talyllyn and the Ffestiniog had already been reopened - was there enough interest to sustain another line in Wales?
Mid Wales? That’s, er – yes, that bit in the middle where sheep outnumber people, there are no motorways or dual carriageways, no sprawling towns and very little in the way of rush hours!
