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Wednesday was the day that I allocated to go to Swansea by train and enable Françoise to have a swim in the Olympic size national swimming pool which is part of a very ambitious Sports Complex in Swansea. We caught the 10.40 train from Cardiff Central to Swansea, a journey of about an hour. The cost for us both using our Two Together card was £18.70. It was very pleasant to take a break from the...

[tta_listen_btn] John Cleese is resurrected I woke up this morning after a fairly restless night. It is very difficult to have one duvet for all temperatures and I was a bit warm. I solved this by having my front side open to the air. You have to experiment. For some reason I turned on the TV to see John Cleese, one of my heroes of old in the field of humour, on UK television announcing that he...

[tta_listen_btn] We took a bus somewhat after 10 o'clock in the morning, the X7, and alighted at the central bus garage which is really posh and well designed for large numbers of vehicles arriving and departing. Well done architects.  The cost for a day ticket is £4.70.  Warning - Free bus passes issued in England do not work in Wales. Museums a-plenty can be found in the area to the sea side...

For our sudden brief holiday we arose on Sunday morning at 7:30 and by 9.30 we were in the car off to Swansea in South Wales. This is a part of the world that we have taken a particular liking to. We have been to Cardiff about three times and have found a considerable amount of investment in public arts and works of art. We decided to go to Swansea on the recommendation of a friend who said it...

I love going away to places because it is a big change from the normal four walls plus sitting in front of my computer. I think everyone needs all the colors of the rainbow and sometimes the work situation does not provide this. I don't even have to consciously switch off my interests or my brain but just be in an environment which feeds me different information. During the past few days I've...

We were staying five nights in a budget hotel, one of three Travelodges in Cardiff and this one was in Cardiff Bay. Some major changes are going to take place in the next two to five years and as you can see below there is some wonderful building going on, on what used to be a car park and a wood. I cannot record a less romantic view from the window of our room. I suppose it qualifies as a city...