Catching Up, pt. 2: Cardiff to Kirstyfest

Seth — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:49:29 +0000

One of my few goals while in the UK was to buy a copy of the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series on CD. It’s extremely hard to find in America, but a brand new edition was sitting on a rack in the first petrol station we stopped at on the way from Edinburgh to Mynyddbach, Wales. This was lucky, because due to the fact that the British government decided that it would be a good idea to repave the entirety of the motorway network all at once, the drive ended up talking nine hours instead of the expected six and a half.

Our Day by the Lake

Sophie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:54:54 +0000

After a gloomy night in a castle (not as romantic as it sounds – and it was dark and rainy when we got there and dark and rainy when we left, so sorry, no pictures), we sped back to Dublin to catch the Stena Line ferry from Dun Laoghaire (note: if you go, pronounce it correctly as “Dun Larry,” don’t embarrass yourself by saying “Dun La Hair” as I did) to Holyhead, Wales. The plan: stop overnight in England halfway to Edinburgh, Scotland.

The drive along the northern coast of Wales, the north edge of Snowdonia, was impressive and dramatic in the driving rain – thick fog enrobing the mountains on our right, the stormy sea on our left.

Seth Madej » England

Catching Up, pt. 2: Cardiff to Kirstyfest

Our Day by the Lake