Ooh! We used to live on Worlebury Hill above WSM and could see Steep Holm and Flat Holm on a clear day
You had great weather for that - lucky thing... call that work?!COLD DARK ROOM
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You had great weather for that - lucky thing... call that work?!
Good morning all. It's looking a bit dryer this morning. Fingers crossed it continues
Apparently Steep Holm is English and Flat Holm is Welsh - the border in the Channel is somewhere between the two.Ooh! We used to live on Worlebury Hill above WSM and could see Steep Holm and Flat Holm on a clear day
We were very lucky - quite a chilly wind but we wrapped up warm.
I did say to one of TA's that it was great being paid to enjoy ourselves!
May have been a different story if it had been pouring down and if we'd had sea sick kids to deal with - we'd have been complaining we weren't getting paid enough!!!
We do go out all weathers for Outdoor Ed though and always have a lovely time.
Very few staff want to get windswept, cold and covered in mud - but its all good fun and the children get so much out of it!
yes its breezy but dry here in the south today.
Hope you have another good day on your Welsh adventure.
There's a Programme called Fishlock's Classic Travels (or something like that) on ITV and last night there was a lot about Monmouth and walks in the surrounding area. He walks different areas of Wales every programme.
After a wet and windy start that basically involved a tea shop and cake the sun came out.
We drove to RSPB South Stack and walked the cliffs in the sun and the wind
Pretty wild flowers again
We drove to RSPB South Stack and walked the cliffs in the sun and the wind
Pretty wild flowers again
Fabulous!!! Just FABULOUS!!!!!Good evening all!
Another day of spiral staircases. Rain stopped play on the mountains today. Snowdon was RainedOn.
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So we went and got rained on at Caernarfon Castle where Prince Charles was invested as Prince of Wales in 1969 (I remember watching it in black & white on the telly
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Then up over the Sychnant Pass
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To Conwy... which also has a Castle and complete wall all the way round the town
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A 1500s town house called Aberconwy House
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And Plas Mawr (translates a Big Mansion) also 1500s was just stunning!
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Our memberships of National Trust and English Heritage have been well used!
I guessed you might like thoseFabulous!!! Just FABULOUS!!!!!
Good morning all. Today we must go home.
As we are on Anglesey in the farthest north west of Wales, it's going to be a long trip... probably 6+ hours, including breaks, to cover the distance to home in the far south east of England (328 miles).
Hwyl fawr (goodbye) Wales. It's been a fab week
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Kilklief a very small village near to Strangford Loch, about an hours drive from Belfast. My brother lived hereThat looks lovely
Whereabouts in NI?
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Are those PALM TREES??!?!
Yes. They're not native, but they grow pretty well in the mild climate of Ireland and South & South West EnglandBEAUTIFUL!!!
And we're home. First load of washing in the machine and a mug of tea for recovery
Safe trip home Linda!I guessed you might like those
Good morning all. Today we must go home.
As we are on Anglesey in the farthest north west of Wales, it's going to be a long trip... probably 6+ hours, including breaks, to cover the distance to home in the far south east of England (328 miles).
Hwyl fawr (goodbye) Wales. It's been a fab week
Oh - you're there already!And we're home. First load of washing in the machine and a mug of tea for recovery
Should have looked at the time and said hope you had a good trip home
It's Mother's Day here in the US. So Happy Mother's Day to all!!!
Happy Mother's Day to the US MomsIt's Mother's Day here in the US. So Happy Mother's Day to all!!!
I heard somewhere that the UK used to have "Mothering Day," which was meant to honor and celebrate all the women in our lives who guided, supported and helped us, not JUST our biological mothers. So that included teachers, long term neighbors and unmarried female relatives etc. I think that idea is really neat. I don't know if this is true or not, but I really like the idea!Happy Mother's Day to the US Moms
I was never able to have children despite treatment by fertility specialists, and it's been very interesting to see how American society puts tremendous value on motherhood. Mother's day is always a little awkward for me, and for some reason I was a little blue about it this year, but I'm already over it.
I had a lesbian friend who was part of a same-sex couple for many years. Her partner had been previously married and had twin boys, who lived with them. The boys knew that my friend, I'll call her Sharon (not her real name) was neither their mother nor their father, although she functioned as a parent. They celebrated their father on Father's Day and their mother on Mother's Day. THEN they came up with a really cool idea. They decided to create "Sharon's Day!" They treated it just like the other parent celebration days, and the exact date tended to fluctuate a little bit, but they thought Sharon should have a day, too!!!!
Pretty amazing for 10-year olds to come up with that!!!
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Yes we have Mothering Sunday, more often called Mother's day now. It is always the 4th Sunday in Lent, so three Sundays before Easter Sunday. We don't really use it to Celebrate all women in our lives, traditionally it is just Mother's although each year I notice cards in the shops wishing Happy Mother's day to Grandma's, Aunties etc. ( I suspect the card company's are just trying to sell more cards!). Traditionally it was a day that servants were given a day off to go back home to pay visits to their Mother's.I heard somewhere that the UK used to have "Mothering Day," which was meant to honor and celebrate all the women in our lives who guided, supported and helped us, not JUST our biological mothers. So that included teachers, long term neighbors and unmarried female relatives etc. I think that idea is really neat. I don't know if this is true or not, but I really like the idea!
I was never able to have children despite treatment by fertility specialists, and it's been very interesting to see how American society puts tremendous value on motherhood. Mother's day is always a little awkward for me, and for some reason I was a little blue about it this year, but I'm already over it.
I had a lesbian friend who was part of a same-sex couple for many years. Her partner had been previously married and had twin boys, who lived with them. The boys knew that my friend, I'll call her Sharon (not her real name) was neither their mother nor their father, although she functioned as a parent. They celebrated their father on Father's Day and their mother on Mother's Day. THEN they came up with a really cool idea. They decided to create "Sharon's Day!" They treated it just like the other parent celebration days, and the exact date tended to fluctuate a little bit, but they thought Sharon should have a day, too!!!!
It's early morning here in Northern Ireland but I'm wide awake due to the storm raging outside. The sea is crashing over the garden, it is pretty awesome but I am due to catch a plane home in a few hours so I am hoping it calms down some!
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