Out and About

My husband and son have been continuing their Offa’s Dyke path walk.  We’ve reached Llangollen. Becky and I potter around towns and villages while the men walk/ climb. It’s a beautiful part of Wales.

Becky and I have become Craft and Coffee shop connoisseurs. We have pre-arranged drop off and pick up points, the SAT NAV is very useful- I’ve not been guided to a river yet, but I refer to the map as well.

Last Saturday we had an entertaining view of remote country life. A flock of sheep were being herded back to the farm along a single track lane with passing places, one escaped, the sheep dog and three boys (presumably the farmer’s sons) chased the escapee, this sheep was one elusive character. The sheep was eventually caught and carried to the farm on the older boy’s shoulders.

Meanwhile there was a traffic queue of four vehicles in one direction and six off-road bikes in the other. The bikes were just about able to pass, however, the car at the head of the queue broke down, some of the other drivers tried to help by pushing the car along so that the driver could “jump-start” it-it wouldn’t start so they pushed the car back and tried again successfully.

We continued our drive towards World’s End, quite a queue for a country lane. The number of vehicles would inevitably have consequences for traffic heading in the opposite direction and it did! Two cars coming towards the us were able to fit into a passing place the third unfortunate driver had to reverse along the lane to another passing place. Thankfully the remainder of the journey and our journey home was uneventful.