After breakfast Michael drove me out to Bath. I went to the information centre to get a map and decided on the places I wanted to go to and set off. First point of call was the Roman Baths. I'd seen so many pictures and had read a bit about the history of this place and now being here, I was amazed by the beauty of the place and kept trying to imagine what it would've looked like in it hey day. I spent a fair bit of time here, well I kind of had to as there wer...

Today I was off to Chippenham to stay with friend's parents. I caught a train from Cogan station to Cardiff where I waited for my connecting train to Bristol Temple Mead, before catching another train to Chippenham. I met Michael and Mary at the station, who were kind enough to let me stay with them and show me a few of the sights around the area. After dropping my bags off at their place, we drove down to Castle Combe, which was known as the prettiest village...

After another late start we decided to go into Cardiff Bay to have a look and get some of the yummy Welsh cakes, and they were yum. We then walked into Cardiff city and got some lunch before going over to have a look at Cardiff Castle. We ended up doing a tour through the castle as you sometime get taken into rooms that you can't normally going into on your own. After the tour we got some audio guides and wondered around the large grounds of the castle. It wa...

Today we were going to watch the rugby with a few of Lindsay and Steve's friends at one of the pubs. It was the 6 nations cup final between Ireland and Wales. We walked over to Cardiff Bay then into the city centre and had a pint at one of the local pubs before meeting everyone at another pub, where we would spend most of the day and night. Ireland ended up winning the cup, which made the Welsh not too happy, but it was a great match to watch. After many pints...

Today I was on my way to Cardiff to catch up with my friend Lindsay who I met on my tour through China. I left home and walked to Kingston train station to catch a train into Waterloo. I then caught the tube across to Paddington to then board my train to Cardiff. It's a 3-hour train journey to Cardiff but ended up being delayed as we hit Newport due to signal problems. I eventually arrived in Cardiff central station and met by Lindsay. We were quite excited to...