Time has always been an issue for me. Either never enough, or it goes too fast or, if at work, goes too slow. The right time, however, made itself available when I managed to get a few days away in Wales. Just me and Bumble. No great distance. Close enough if I’m needed but far enough away to be away! Sunday 6th October was departure date. Bumble was checked, packed, then with a cheery goodbye, off we went.
Traffic was light and nice to be part of, so progress was good.
The waving to other VWs is something that never gets boring.
Sometimes you don’t get the wave back. My justification is that I wave to the van and not the occupants!
The last time I was in Wales was with some friends from work. We were going to climb Mount Snowden. I say we. They went on foot. I was going to let the train take the strain but unfortunately due to bad weather it had been cancelled so I had some quality time with Bumble. This was also the first time Bumble and I had a road trip and was the day after I drove her back from Gloucester.
I digress.
What I was getting to was that I had forgot how beautiful Wales is.
The landscape can go from flat plain land to rugged mountainous
terrain the next. I spent time stopping to take photos which also
added time to the journey although I wasn’t in a rush.
I lazily made my way to my first port of call. I stopped just outside Bala as it was somewhere that I hadn’t been before. For the first night I decided to use a proper camp site so I had electric, showers and toilets. There is nothing like a proper kharzee! The other thing I forgot about Wales is that some, most roads in Wales are single track lanes with passing places, high hedgerows, ups and downs and near misses! All of which I was loving. It surely does sharpen the senses.
The waving to other VWs is something that never gets boring.
Sometimes you don’t get the wave back. My justification is that I wave to the van and not the occupants!
The last time I was in Wales was with some friends from work. We were going to climb Mount Snowden. I say we. They went on foot. I was going to let the train take the strain but unfortunately due to bad weather it had been cancelled so I had some quality time with Bumble. This was also the first time Bumble and I had a road trip and was the day after I drove her back from Gloucester.
I digress.
The landscape can go from flat plain land to rugged mountainous
terrain the next. I spent time stopping to take photos which also
added time to the journey although I wasn’t in a rush.
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I lazily made my way to my first port of call. I stopped just outside Bala as it was somewhere that I hadn’t been before. For the first night I decided to use a proper camp site so I had electric, showers and toilets. There is nothing like a proper kharzee! The other thing I forgot about Wales is that some, most roads in Wales are single track lanes with passing places, high hedgerows, ups and downs and near misses! All of which I was loving. It surely does sharpen the senses.
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