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Wales

Thursday 24th September 2015

Start the day by catching up on the blogs of the previous days and then it’s down to the breakfast room where we quickly forget that we had the evening before agreed to limit the calorie intake by having a light continental breakfast.

We try to walk off the full Welsh breakfast by strolling to the car park to pick up the car. From there it’s back to the hotel to collect our suitcases and leave Cardiff , initially with virtually no idea of our destination. We solve this little problem  by buying a road map of Wales and settling on Aberdare as our first stop.

The Peppers Coffee Shop in this pleasant small town is a real gem with great coffee and blueberry tart( more food!)

Our route then takes us to Hirwaun and along the A4059 through the beautiful scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

We arrive at the very picturesque town of Brecon and after settling in to the Brecon Castle Hotel we take a very pleasant 2 hour walk along the banks of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. On a day such as this with the autumnal temperature quite comfortable the British countryside can be a real delight.

A tribute made from wood to the coal miners

Not a lot of time to spare before we find ourselves in the Hotel Bar for a quick drink and then enjoy a superb dinner in the restaurant.

Now it’s RWC time and we find a large TV screen in the bar which is showing NZ v Namibia, a real David v Goliath contest. NZ have picked a virtual reserve team but with players such as Sonny Bill Williams included Namibia are completely outplayed. To their credit, however , they give it their all and avoid another 100+point defeat. They even manage to score a try to the delight of the player J Deysel and most of the crowd. As at most RWC venues the spectators love to see the underdogs giving it their best shot often against overwhelming odds.

Final score 58-14

Cheers

The Obese Ferret