Wednesday 3 October 2007

Holiday selection

Thanks to my recent lack of time (although I've recently moved from a full-time to a part-time job, so in theory I should have lots of free time) I have decided to just post a selection of my holiday snaps and leave it at that. I've got so many things I want to blog about, but I keep thinking I must sort out the holiday stuff before I start. So although my blog is not going to set world alight, I hope the few people who do see it enjoy my photos. And hopefully there will be plenty more to come!

Exterminate! Exterminate! Unless you have been living under a rock for quite a while, you will know this is a dalek.I know it sounds incredibly sad, but I am a bit of a Doctor Who fan so while we were in the Forest of Dean I went to the Doctor Who exhibition in Cardiff.

On my travels I found that Chobham is not the only place that sells animal bread. (See Badger's post for the original animal bread story.)

While in Wales I had ate lots of tasty food like welsh cakes and celtic crunch icecream (it's the dragon's favourite apparently) but I think my favourite welsh food was bara brith. I first tried it in Cwmtydu (cum-tidd-eee) where a really nice couple had turned the front of their home into a little cafe. They were selling lots of homemade biscuits and cakes including this bara brith which tasted great. This is their website: www.melyn-y-gors.co.uk and if you're ever in the area then it is well worth a visit! (They also are pet-friendly, which the dogs thought was great!)

I saw these dogs (which are part of the local hunt) at a horse show in Aberystwyth - I thought they looked like leggy versions of Alfie and Lettie!

While I was on holiday it was my birthday:) I was in Wales at the time, and of all the places to find cake, mum bought this in the Aberystwyth post office! It was made by the local WI, and was highly recommended by the lady in the pound shop down the road.....

On one of the few rainy days of the holiday, I went to New Quay Honey Farm. If you've ever enjoyed taking photographs, you'll know what a pain taking pictures through glass can be, and the viewing cases which held the bees (don't get me wrong, I don't think I would have enjoyed meeting free range bees) were no exception. So hence I am quite proud of this photo.


And finally a lovely view......
(This is at the top of Britain's tallest cliff railway!)