aahhh....another wander round the blogosphere turned up this lovely blog from Caty - who came to see us on the weekend 10-12 July and celebrated her 20th birthday with us - happy belated birthday Caty! The crumpet covered in squirty cream, with a candle stuck in it, made by Charles, that I found in the fridge at PV last weekend must have belonged to you - I'm not suprised you didn't eat Charles' creation :)
Anyways....lovely blog. Caty braved the 'sheep poop', as well as facing her fears regarding the eating of vegetables. But most of all I love her Abermawr swimming experience, I've seen the photos on facebook and well done for proving that the sea in Wales is actually FINE for swimming in in your bathers - go girl!
"Abermawr Beach is my perfect beach and we were there at the perfect time. The sun was setting making the clouds yellow and pink and purple. There was a cliff on the right side and on the left side and the beach was rocky instead of sandy. I fell in love immediately. Those of us brave (read: stupid) enough stripped to our bathing suits and ran into the water. Let me tell you, if I thought the Channel in Cornwall was cold, the Irish Sea in Wales is even more so.
After dunking my whole body under, I came up screaming. Your skin goes numb eventually but for a few minutes there, it is intense. After wave jumping and allowing our bodies to get used to the water, some of us swam over to some rocks and went climbing. Not the best idea in bathing suits and bare feet especially since the rocks were covered in barnacles and thus very sharp.
It was really fun though and I got to sing "Part of Your World" from a rock similar to the one in the movie where the ocean crashes up behind her. We left the rocks and Phil and I stayed in the water some more before going and sitting on the sand right at the water line and just staring around us in wonder. The sky looked like a gorgeous still painting because there was no wind."
You can read this and more about Caty's coasteering adventure on her blog.
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