Family visit

At the end of June we had a visit from my family - Mum, Dad and little sis - which gave me ample opportunity to get some sightseeing done. Here they are:

On Sunday we visited the Welsh Mountain Zoo. Although a bit chilly it was a good day out. Highlights for me were the sealions and penguins. The family got more excited about seeing a wild rabbit in the car park than any of the carefully laid on attractions but never mind ;)

Taking a very long route through the mountains to see the scenery we ended up eventually at Portmeirion on the Tuesday. Very strange place with weird coloured buildings but a nice day out. No big white balls chased after us - almost disappointing!

Other highlights of the week were a trip to Manchester to catch the rescheduled Police concert (very good although they definitely looked old!) and lunch by the pier. The family also checked out Llandudno and Chester on days when I had to work.

All in all it was a lovely week and nice to have the family over to stay in our world for a few days.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

One of the nicest things about living on the island is the close proximity of beaches. A couple of weeks ago (not terribly good at keeping up to date with this blog thing I know but once the thesis is done I'll be better) I got a call from Ben at about 4pm on a lovely sunny Monday to say he, Laurie and Sian were bored and had decided to go to the beach.

Half an hour later we were all strolling along by the sea at Cable Bay, eating ice cream, avoiding jellyfish and giggling inappropriately at a naked man emerging from the sea. Bliss :)