Down on the farm

On the subject of wonderful weather, this Sunday was brilliant too. We decided to go to Foel Farm Park near Brynsiencyn (pronounced Brun-shen-kin according to my Welsh teacher). It's a really fantastic place, especially for families I think (we were probably the only people there without kids in tow). You can buy bags of feed at the door and then you just head round the barn and fields and pet and feed the animals to your hearts content. I'm a big animal lover and had a great time petting the cows and bunnies and feeding greedy goats and sheep. There was a trailer ride up to some of the fields and you could walk round some of the other fields closer to the barn. There's also a 'bunny barn' with some of the cutest rabbits I've ever seen - tiny fluffy little balls of gorgeousness! The kind man looking after them even let me hold one (although I did catch him counting them up as I left in case I'd slipped one in my bag). We were only there for maybe an hour and a half but we thouroughly enjoyed it. Here are some choice piccies:

Easter Weekend

The weather really provided for us this year at Easter. I had Easter Sunday and Monday off work and the weather was totally gorgeous both days. Not wishing to be ungrateful, we set off on trips out both days.

On Sunday we did a favourite trip of mine and went over to Beaumaris. I had read in the Anglesey Insider (the local magazine that pops through the door every month or so) that a new ice cream parlour had opened in Beaumaris and that the owner had trained in Italy. This was not something I could ignore for long hence my suggestion that we visit Beaumaris that day. We had a lovely wander along the front and down the pier before heading to Neptunes which I'm sure I must have raved about on here before now - absolutely gorgeous fish and chips! Mmmmm! We took our plastic boxes down to the beach and got stuck in. Delicious! A little walking round the town to burn off ooh maybe 2 of those fish and chip calories and then I couldn't wait any longer - we had to try out Red Boat ice cream. I'm pleased to report that it was delicious and great value. I pay nearly £4 at the local cinema for a double scoop but here it was just over £2! Bargain! The flavours were fantastic too: creme brulee, Creme Egg, Ferroro Rocher and Jelly Baby to name just a few. I opted for creme brulee and Creme Egg while Ben went for fudge and rum & raisin.

After this we were planning to go to Rhosneigr beach for a nice walk but on the way through we saw loads of cars parked up at the entrance to Aberffraw. All those cars must be there for something we figured so we joined the pack and discovered a lovely little beach (the perfect beach cricket beach according to Ben). After a nice walk along the sand we headed home to rest our swollen bellies and sit out in the afternoon sun with the paper.

We decided to make Monday a shopping day and drove out to Llandudno. I was hoping to get some really cute purple shoes from River Island - I'd seen them in the store in Bangor but the only pair in my size was horribly scratched. The Llandudno branch had sadly not treated them any better and I decided that even if they were a bargain at £20 they weren't worth it with so much damage. In the end my one purchase of the day was a book - One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell which was half price in WHSmiths and included a free copy of Sex and the City as well. Bargain of the day! Ben fared much better than me and spent over £100 on 2 very nice jackets which feel lovely and look great on.

A most enjoyable Easter weekend!

Hen do!

I've been on a trip to Birmingham this weekend to go to my friend Hannah's hen do. It was brilliant to catch up with her and another friend, Jayney. We were all in halls together at university in Sheffield and we shared a house in second year. As is the way with these things we don't keep in touch as much as we'd all like because of busy lives but when we met up on Saturday everything just clicked back into place and we were chatting away like old times. Thanks for a great time girls - can't wait for the wedding next month!

Bye bye Nanny Smith

It wasn't just Jade Goody who passed away this Mother's Day. My Nan died then too. She was in her 90's and was in a hospice so it wasn't exactly a shock but still very sad of course. The funeral was last week - the first one I've been to - and it was as lovely a service as I guess a funeral can be. I don't want to be too maudlin about it but I just wanted to say on here that I'll miss her and that she was a great Nana - loving and bonkers in just the right amounts.