We’re home!
Thank you all for your good wishes and kind comments. We had a great holiday in Wales with good weather until the day we were due to play golf with my cousin, when the heavens opened. Since my cousin and I are definitely fair-weather golfers, we had lunch out in a delightful craft gallery-cum-tea shop and followed their excellent nature trail instead.
We were due to return home today, but yesterday was wet and miserable (the only wet day in the week, so we did well) and Ed was worried about the long drive (eight hours on a good run.) So we decided to leave yesterday afternoon, about 3.30pm, drive until it was dark then hole up for the night in a Travel Lodge.
It took us three hours to get out of Wales, but as soon as we crossed the border into England the rain stopped. It was dark by then, but dual carriageway all the way home. Driving even at night on a dual carriageway is easy and the roads were almost empty, so we decided to travel on. it was OK until we got to Cambridge (within spitting distance of home) only to discover that the road was closed and we had a long detour. Still, were home by 11.30pm, which has left us all today to catch up (washing, shopping, post, emails….)
We had such a good time, but oh boy! It’s nice to be home.