Last days at Little Logaston

 

Monday I went on a magical mystery tour of WET Wales. My friend Peter was taking his friend back to Wales and invited me along for the ride. Matt lives in South Wales at Bridgeend near Cardiff and Swansea and I haven't been there so I jumped at the chance. We set off late and the weather was sunny in Heredfordshire but as soon as  we entered Wales it started to drizzle, then the clouds came down and it just rained - the whole time. It was very atmospheric to say the least. We went over the mountains for the best view! Lots of grey cloud and rain. Villages looked all grey and huddled together. It was a bit grim. 

 

A little excitement when a sheep ran across the road from one grazing area to the other.  After dropping Matt off at his place we turned around and started the return journey. Because we were talking so much we kept missing the turn offs and added some extra miles to the drive! At one stage we went up the freeway to find our side was closed and there was a diversion sign we didn't see so we went round the round-about  missed the alternate turnoff and were back at the no through sign again. This time we DID see the diversion sign. Peter did say that his sense of direction isn't great and that is why Andy had the maps on the Camino. I could see his point! He had driven this route frequently in the past. We needed petrol and a loo stop by now but the petrol station we pulled into  had none. Argh!

Anyway salvation came in an Indian restaurant next to the petrol station. It didn't look as if it was open but Peter checked  and it was. Relief. It looked quite flash but was empty at 7:00 pm.  It was a Monday night after all. Much to my surprise the food was really delicious. We set off again and this time there were no wrong turns but it was still raining until we entered Herefordshire.