We have returned from four days chugging along the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal on a narrowboat called ‘Country Lass’ : average speed 2 miles an hour. I have learnt the importance of dry socks. I can work a canal lock like a canal lock queen. Mr P said ‘I’m the fucking Captain’ about 87 times.
We had a weeny gas oven that kept us in hot coffee and bacon and eggs and pancakes. This was augmented by a SUPERB lamb and leek pie at The Coach & Horses; homemade custard slice from the Talybont Cafe & Stores, and on Saturday night, we moored up outside The Royal Oak in Pencilli where the fish ‘n’ chips with mushy peas were fresh and crispy and mushy in all the right places. Supper was followed by a stroll up the hill to find Llanfeugan: a medieval church dedicated to St. Meugan, who was said to have been a poet and the wizard Merlin’s teacher. The huge yew trees in the churchyard are well over 2,000 years old and were probably planted by druids. The whole village looked magical in the twilight.
Wales is like New Zealand in the best way – lush and green, quiet, friendly, jam-packed with noisy bloody birds, and overlayed with Parfum de Toilette à la Cow.
araf means ‘slow’ in Cymraeg (Welsh)
I freakin’ love Wales. And you. No really. So happy you got to have this break and that Mr P…HE is the fucking CAPTAIN.
he really is :)
Obviously you had a totally shit time and will never be returning :) Winner.
And can I just say that your photos are to fucking die for? Because they are. Heaven.
thanks lovely – that means a lot from you x
i did Sus’ Photo Meditations course and learned me some photo tips!
That sounds like it was the perfect bohemian heaven!
coming back to the city, with the rain and all the people and the travelling in a tube underground, has been very very hard.
Sounds delightful.
it really really was
only about 87 times? not eleven thousand and eighty seven?
your photos are so peaceful, i feel good just looking at them. and im so glad you had a good time, wales really is beautiful.
x
hey – araf – slow….heddlu police….looked like you had a great time…
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