Fabulous. A fantastic day.
Herrfallet
Is where we’re staying for the wedding. Simply stunning. Essentially these are views from our house.
BBQ the night before the wedding.
Sweden – Super Stressful Beginning
And it’s all about car hire as usual. Admittedly I left it late to upload the documents but when I did it said:
1. Driving license needs to be at least 2 years old. After the Spain debacle I had only just ordered my new license so it doesn’t comply. Luckily I had kept the old paper one which is fine.
2. An International Driving Permit (if required). So checked gov.uk which says you don’t need one in Sweden – phew. Then checked the rental company’s T&Cs which says you do if you’re outside the EU. Wish I’d never voted for Brexit 😂😂😂. Chatted online to the broker who didn’t know the answer. By now it’s 7pm. You can get an IDP from a post office and there’s one at Heathrow. So whizzed down to sainsburys to get the requisite photo. All set – just needed to change the time of the taxi because the PO is at a different terminal but they couldn’t change (and upped the price by 50% while we were on). Found a new firm.
Taxi arrives early, M25 is clear. All going well, despite being mis-directed in T3 but we found the PO. “We don’t do IDPs here….”
Check in and security is a dream – no more than 20 minutes, so now we’re 3 hours early. Plenty of time for a lovely breakfast and an online chat to find out we don’t need an IDP anyway.
It sounds trivial, and it is. But it is super-stressful and I think I need a holiday!
Saturday – Bodnant
In keeping with “tradition” we visited Bodnant Gardens on the way home. We always liked it, but this time we really understood.
The End.
Anglesey
Even though we’re staying on the mainland, Anglesey is quite a draw.
Moelfre (where we stayed a year ago)
Malltraeth (colder than it looks!)
Puffin Island
Plas Newydd (3 times)
Lovely
From the house:
Coastal Path
It’s all about the house
We always knew that a nice place to stay makes a holiday. This was proved on Sunday when we sat and watched the rain, but even better when the sun shines – at last!
That’s us – third from the end.
And wonderful sitting on the balcony.
When we can tear ourselveslves away, it’s a wonderful part of the world to mooch around.
And to have a margarita!
It’s all about the Straits
Plas Newydd from our house:
Our house from Plas Newydd (just to the left of the tree):
And then just having a nice day!
And the house is right at the end of the village. They didn’t seem bothered …..
Sunday
Although it is 1st May, the forecast was a little inclement.
But the house is a lovely place to be even when it’s like this.
Penrhyn Castle would be forbidding and gloomy even on a nice day, but at least we got a couple of hours to venture out.
Bangor pier …
…. and Caernarfon
Saturday 30th April
Having not really known about North Wales pre-pandemic, here we are for the third time in less than two years. And we already have our own traditions, such as using Powys Castle as our first pitstop and gateway to North Wales – 3 hours from home if no hold ups.
And a lovely drive through Snowdonia
