Hullo everybody, I have just returned from ten days in the rain in far Pembrokeshire. I have often visited Wales (being half Welsh meself, and all) but I've never been as far west in the principality as this before. Here are the things I haf learned on my trip ...
1. It rains in August. Every day.
2. There are some spectacularly beautiful beaches.
3. There are seals and dolphins galore off the nort-western coast and they're really cute.
4. There are a lot of golf courses. Really a lot.
5. There were far less sheep than I imagined there would be.
6. I don't know what people do for employment. Apart from farming (not sheep) and tourism, there doesn't seem to be much going on. This may account for item (4).
7. The Pembrokeshireans seem to have a very profound dislike of the Engllish. More so than I've seen in other parts of Wales. It was only when I spoke a bit of Welsh (and I don't know very much at all) that the locals seemed to warm to us.
8. Lots of lovely castles.
9. There's a speed camera hidden in the shrubbery as you come down a hill out of Milford Haven :((
10. Did I mention that it rains a lot?
What did you learn on your last trip anywhere?
― C J (C J), Thursday, 31 August 2006 09:28 (seventeen years ago) link
We've just been to my parents caravan outside St Quentin and I learnt lots of things too
1. Entrecote steak is very cheap and very very very tasty on the barbeque
2. it can rain quite a lot in North East France
3. Sometimes the petrol light may have been on a while before you notice it, so it's best not to get complacent about how far you can go before filling up
4. Fishing can be relaxing, even if you're not catching things
5. Fishing can be frustrating if the not catching things goes on for too long
6. maggots no longer freak me out and can be quite fun to play with
7. Chemins des Dames is a very good place to go and learn things about WW1, and the scenery is breathtaking
8. My husband is a bloody good cook, I guess I didn't learn that, as I knew it already, but it reinforced it.
9. If you've not been drinking much, you soon get into the swing of things and soon get used to drinking a large bottle of beer and two bottles of wine a night between the two of you
10. We really like expensive Pomerol, but also cheap crisp whites from the Loire, and wines from Bordeaux in general (something we've not really drunk before)
― vicky (Vicky), Thursday, 31 August 2006 09:40 (seventeen years ago) link
I went to Edinburgh on Sunday, and learned that:
(1) the last bus back to Glasgow goes at midnight (OK, I knew that)
(2) hanging around talking around to Ken C instead of heading at the same time as other people may cost you dear
(3) it's further from the Cowgate to the bus station than I thought
(4) my brother is a grumpy bastard when things go wrong
(5) backpacker hostels are overpriced and horrible
(6) bunk beds are impossible to climb into when you are pissed
(7) any bed is better than staying up all night
(8) Greggs' cheese'n'onion pasties make for an excellent breakfast
(9) booking a day off work after a gig is sometimes the best idea ever (otherwise I'd have had to phone my boss to explain "sorry, I'm still pissed and I'm in Edinburgh, I might be a bit late")
(10) my brother attracts a better quality of random old men to talk to him in pubs than I do, which can make for a fun afternoon
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link