At Home with John and Debbie

Often, we visit my parents over Easter weekend. Since we were in Egypt this time, we went the following weekend instead.

It was very pleasant, but over all too quickly.

Friday: arrived late, presented them with an Aladdin lamp, ate, went to bed

Saturday: sat out the nasty rainy morning, then after lunch went to Aberystwyth for a walk along the prom. The sea was wild — I’m sure the Red Sea never gets that way. Unfortunately the tide wasn’t quite high enough for spectacular wave splashes onto the prom, to play at avoiding. We completed a round trip by going through the castle, down Great Darkgate St. (pausing in Monsoon for the ladies: grr), we had a quick poke in the museum, then went home.

Sunday: a short walk around what used to be my playground — the fields around Bow Street — and onwards to Llandre and back. It was warm and dry (except underfoot), and the views were very nice. We got to the remains of Castell Gwallter (900 years ago, a motte and bailey castle), then admired the 2,000 year old yew in Llandre churchyard. I took some photos, and may be putting them on Yewtube… If I knew about this tree as a child, I’d forgotten about it.

After Sunday lunch, it was time to head home. As I said: all too short.

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