Trip report: January 4 (travel day to Cardiff)

[cowgrrl]

We checked out of our blah hotel in London and made our way to Paddington station where we took a train to Cardiff. Unfortunately I was stuck riding backwards the entire way but I discovered if I kept my eyes closed most of the time I didn't end up with motion sickness. And it was just a 2 hour ride. It was raining when we arrived, and it took us

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[maymorning]

Great pics! *giggling* They really love Shaun the Sheep! (So do I, he's great!)What a nice place to stay.

[cowgrrl]

There is a sheep tic-tac-toe board there too! :-) I love Shaun too. He's my favorite character from Wallace & Gromit and I'm glad he got his own show.

[verucas_chaos]

Great pics...by the way I am watching Harry Potter inspired by your pic's of another post!

[cowgrrl]

I'm going to need to do the same, so I can look for King's Cross station! :-) I don't own any of the Harry Potter movies, though, so it could be a while.

[neptunia67]

Great pics! And I love Shaun the Sheep too. He is so darned cute.

I remember I got stuck riding backwards on the train once. I got sooooo ill. Blech. After that, I would always make sure to buy tickets that faced front. (I think they called it the 'direction of travel' - which makes sense)

[cowgrrl]

I've got to remember to ask for that in the future.

[cluelessinchi]

Wow! That is beautiful. Is the weather there always so horrid? I never hear anything but rain, fog, rain etc. Does the sun actually ever shine?

[denicemarcell]

I have a picture of blue sky, taken only because it was blue sky for neither of us have a clue of when or where i took it! For cowgrrl's sake i was glad we were not in scotland and the north of england as they were getting major snow storms. in the UK it is standard to always have raingear handy or be hardy enough to do without just like in Seattle.

[cluelessinchi]

Cold and snow does not bother me as much as consistently overcast skies. I guess you are correct, that is why there is little chance that I would ever go to Seattle. Yes it is warmer there than in Chicago but I really need to see the sun! Thanks!

[cowgrrl]

Actually, I think we saw at least a brief glimpse of the sun pretty much every day we were there. And one or two days it hardly rained at all, or didn't rain until later in the afternoon. Overall, I'd strongly prefer London's winter to Boston's winter!

[gottagetcoffee]

I'll have to show Kathleen the the pic of the sheep chess board at the winterfest. She loves Shawn of the sheep! The B&B looks comfy!

[cowgrrl]

I think she'll like my Shaun user icon too! :-) Baaaaa!