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Today’s trivia for our the impedding arrival into Scotland: It’s the first real bleak day after 17 days of not too bad weather. My pants and socks are dry, the left shoe is almost dried out, the right nowhere near dry. Southport seems a little run down with shops in their iconic shopping strip half…

Today’s trivia is on Southport: The hotel lifts are interesting . . . As the tide was going out and the wind had dropped considerably, we thought it would be a good idea and explore the Another Place by Antony Gormley. It certainly was for a short while. Then disaster struck . . . I…

Today’s trivia is UK weather Yes, thanks for asking, I slept like a log even with the windows rattling all night, as according to Annette who was kept awake. The water and wind was much rougher than this last night. So much so that the sea spray reached our window on level 4! After leaving…

Today’s trivia: We are on the top floor of the Gwesty Cymru Hotel and there’s only stairs to it. We have an ocean view🤔🤔🤔🤔 We went to bed at 11pm. I woke up at 2am after a good nights sleep🙏 and didn’t go back to bed. We took a drive to Devil’s Bridge Waterfalls before…

Today’s trivia: The weather is starting to get to us . . . So much so, that Annete, after only 14 days 24/7 together has asked for a divorce and she’ll be taking the kids. Fine I said, but reminder her the kids don’t live at home any more and are 30 plus years old!…

Today’s trivia: After breakfast we made our way to the town of Hay-on-Wye, the so called town of books as it has over 20 book shops.  Cheapish parking is provided on the edge of town and only a couple of minutes to the town centre. It also has slow charging stations where we managed to…

Today’s trivia: The Glamorgan sausages were a disappointment . . . They are actually not a sausage but with main ingredients of cheese (usually Caerphilly), leeks and breadcrumbs. First recorded in 1850 but with pork. The vego version appeared in WWII due to meat shortages. They are actually pretty good. The view from our room, …

Today’s trivia about Wales: and, the air conditioning remained off all night, thankfully. At the breakfast “Please wait here” sign, the couple in front said Room 501 to which the waitress said that’s a nice room! When she came back and I said Room 708, I was a bit worried as there was a pause…

Today’s trivia: According to Cardiff tourism . . . Cardiff is buzzing with spring activity, featuring Six Nations rugby excitement, new local food openings in Cardiff Market, and cultural performances at the Wales Millennium Centre🤔 The national flower is the daffodil and the national vegetable is the leek. And again, the day started with .…

Today’s trivia: UK number plates are white at the front and yellow at the rear to immediately help drivers and law enforcement distinguish between the front and back of a vehicle, improving road safety and direction recognition. The color-coded, reflective system was mandated in 1973 to increase visibility, especially at night.🤔🤔🤔🤔 The last breakfast, which…