All go last weekend ...

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There is an open air ice rink that is set up especially for Christmas and is extremely popular .. you have to book at least a week in advance to get a ticket to skate and its open from 11am till 11pm .. people as far away as Bristol, Glouscester, Hereford all come because it is the only place you can come and skate outdoors for quite a distance ..




Apart from soaking up the atmo and having some mulled wine we were heading for the big wheel

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A security lady offered to take this pic when she seen ar gonna take the pic


We got to the big wheel, bought our tickets and waited


Then we eventually got on .. the queue stretched for several hundred yards .. it was a long wait but worth it.

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Here a few aerial shots .. you can see the structures of the Millenium Stadium on the right


Winter Wonderland from above

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A few more aerial


The Ice Rink from above .. every 45 min or so they have to get everyone off and re ice and smooth the top with the machine in the pic .. takes bout 10/15mins

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The National Museum of Wales


Just wanted to take this pic


We then took off to a Wetherspoons pub 4 some refreshments ..

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Then on Sat morning we were off again ... Wales were playing rugby against Australia at the millenium stadium. We set off fairly early on the bus and walked up several country lanes (that Hamish knows well .. in the middle of the pic is the long and winding road that he named) .. we went to a little country pub to get a seat and have some cheese n pickle sarnies n a beer or two b4 hand
It was cold and quite foggy when we set off but it got a bit more clear as we went along


En route


Then we were in the warm with a nice seat in front of the tele ready for the match ... they dont normally have a tele in the pub ... its the landlords personal tele which he brings down 4 occasions like this. We were nice and early .. by the time the match started the pub was heaving .. the people come out of nowhere .. its a fab atmosphere

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For any1 who watches rugby heres a pic from the tele. The result was Wales 21 Australia 18 the whole pub had another beer after full time


In the toilets of the men and ladies they have computer print outs on the walls of loads of jokes .... nothing o t t ... took a pic of some Tommy Cooper jokes for anyone who knows Tommy Cooper or would like to know about the man. He was a brilliant magician but in his shows he always messed up his tricks and would have everyone in histerics over it and then at the end pull off something about the trick u dont expect. He was a great entertainer/comedian n brill magician.
Hope u enjoy this


A pic on wall by where we sat with the pub at the back