Thursday, 4 November 2021

Chepstow afternoon

 Hot chocolate and  cake in the Cwtch cafe...then a short wander around the top of the town centre..another place to go again, and spend more time!












Not everything is very old...






There are a lot of words in the pavements and murals too..I think there are several town trails to be explored!

You could really spend a whole day here!


Glastonbury morning

 







We walked up the high street....then saw a sign for the Somerset Rural Museum.....

I had never been here when it was open before....it is closed on Sundays and Mondays....

It was well worth a visit and we are aiming to go back again in a week or so. 













There were things to see outside as well as in the galleries






Then we found more on the second floor!










Definitely worth another visit!


Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Day off!

 Yesterday we delivered a birthday cake to Pirate's niece near Chard...then stayed overnight with my brother to save driving nearly 100 miles in the dark and wet!!

Today we had a morning in Glastonbury and a quick afternoon wander around Chepstow.






It's getting late, so I will have to add another post about that!!

Monday, 1 November 2021

Successful racing

 The British Masters Cycle Racing ( previously known as the League of Veteran Racing Cyclists) had a good three days of track racing.

All the first aid man had to deal with was one scraped elbow...she had more wounded pride than anything, going too slow, but luckily at the bottom of the banking..right in front of her teammates!!

The weather has been horrendous, high winds and heavy rain for days.

That's the one good thing about indoor velodromes!!





Pirate wasn't the oldest there..the oldest was Walter Fowler at 87...and he is fitter and faster than many in their 70s!


Pirate and teammates, their sponsor is on the right.


Walter and the two youngsters





And he got his name up in lights!....eighth overall in the 70+ race, and first in his category.

We arrived home to pumpkins and trick or treating...which didn't last long due to heavy showers. As we drove up the valley  where I used to live everything went dark for a second or so...just wires touching in the wind I thought.. apparently a massive power surge, putting out TV reception dishes and locking electronic washing machines and the like!! One thing against things being too complicated !

Our welcoming pumpkin....with a car traffic warning light flashing inside!!