Al Wood's Blogg: Holiday in Wales and the NW

Ang and I have just got back from a lovely holiday travelling across England and Wales, relaxing in a cottage and spending quality time with friends and family. Our trip started with a visit to Rob and Clare Humphreys in Oxford, Tim Harding in Chippenham and Dan Jones in Bristol before making the final journey across Wales to the Pembrokeshire coast.

We stayed in a lovely converted barn near St Davids and despite the wintry weather we managed to get out everyday to enjoy the surrounding beaches and cliffs – the scenery was pretty stunning but it was so COLD! Because of the poor weather we spent most of the days just sleeping, reading, watching DVDs – generally chilling out after a busy few months at work – it was lovely!

Moving on from Wales we travelled up to the Lake District where we attended a wedding about 10 minutes away from Ambleside. We saw our friend Sarah Hall tie the knott with Rob Gilber at a quaint little church on top of a mountain near the Langdales before heading to a posh country club where we had the best wedding grub ever! We stayed the night at Ang’s sister in Lancaster on the Saturday night before meeting up with old friends at church and afterwards for lunch.

On the way back to Cambridge we spent a day with Ang’s brother and parents in Kirkham and my Grandmother and sister in Manchester. We also managed to squeeze in some window shopping at the Trafford Centre, although surprisingly, Ang was bored after a couple of hours!

Highlights of the week included eating yummy food, seeing old friends, playing crazy golf and air hockey, watching bouncing lambs playing with each other, seeing the sun set over Lake Windermere and sleeping lots and lots!