Back from Wales. First two nights spent in Hawarden, at St Deiniol's - Gladstone's old library. Possibly the best B&B in Britain. The food was honest British grub such as Cottage Pie or Sunday Steak with classics for pudding, like Spotted Dick and Bread and Butter Pudding, which were all a first for me. It was strangely enjoyable in a Public School ( Read more... )

It's off to Wales for a bit of R&R. Via the Lake District. I haven't seen much of England or Wales, despite being a UK resident for three years now. (I didn't steal any jobs you could do yourselves - unless you speak fluent Swedish or Dutch, in which case you don't have any problems getting employed anyway, so don't be giving me the evils ( Read more... )