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Stealth Snowman

Hooray, snow at last on the coast here in Wales. It came after dark and there wasn’t much of it but Morgan and I managed to build a snowman under the cover of darkness!

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Christmas in Wales.

Hope you all had a good Christmas. We did here. No snow on the ground but if you looked close enough you could still see some on top of the hills. Morgan woke up at 4.30am and opened the presents in his stocking and then went back to sleep until about 8.30am. After a quick...

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An Icy Weekend

We’ve just got back from the pre-Christmas Cole family gathering in Bristol. As sual we all got together and did a few things over the weekend. This time it all seemed a little icy. Ice Hockey On Saturday my Dad and I took Morgan, Kia and Shaun to the Bristol Ice Rink to watch the...

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It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas

With my birthday over, we are now allowed to start getting into the Christmas Spirit, so we made the most of it on Saturday. First we went to see Santa in his underground grotto at King Arthur’s Labyrinth. There can’t be many Santa’s Grotto’s around the country where you have to wear a hard hat...

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A Winter Sunset

Morgan and I spent the afternoon in the dunes on Sunday. Yes, our noses were cold, but it was a lovely fresh, clear day and of course very quiet. We were treated to a nice sunset too.

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Eureka!

We had to go to Leeds on Thursday, so whilst Anna was off doing her thing Morgan and I wandered around the City. Morgan was quite excited at the prospect of going to a big city and was pretty impressed by all the big buildings, the lights and all the people and shops. We spent...

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Nativity!

Now that Morgan is at school, we have the annual Nativity play to attend. It was actually quite good fun and they all did really well. I only took photos with my little compact camera though as getting the big SLR out just looked a little like overkill!

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Making Xmas Decorations at Nant yr Arian

After riding in the Forest of Dean on Saturday, I had an easy ride around the Summit Trail at Nant yr Arian on Sunday morning and then met Anna, Morgan, Jo, Danny and Kai at the visitor centre to make some Christmas decorations aout of things found in the forest. I obviously needed a shower...

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Great British Customer Service

It’s a shame when companies that you think will offer better quality and good customer service don’t quite live up to expectations. And especially so when that company is a ‘Great British Company’ such as Marks & Spencers. It was a simple request, my mum wanted to buy a certain item of clothing (I can’t...

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Aberystwyth Fun Fair

There was finally a little break in the weather yesterday afternoon so we decided to go to the fair. (See here for Aberystwyth Fair opening times). We hadn’t made any definite plans so didn’t tell Morgan until we collected him from school and hadn’t made plans to meet anyone there either. However, as usual it...