England & Wales

[kmusser]

This is an early warning for you blokes across the water. zammis and I are headed over. Our tentative schedule:

September 22
zammis and her father arrive in London and spend 5 days terrorizing the locals.

September 26
I arrive in Manchester at the crack of dawn and pick up a car so that I can scare people by driving on the wrong side of the road. Will hopefully meet up with stealthmunchkin at some point. I'll meet zammis in Chester.

September 27-29
Explore Chester and Northern Wales - especially Snowdonia.

September 30
Drive through Central Wales to Cardiff.

October 1-2
See stuff in Southern Wales including Cardiff, Hay-on-Wye (mmmm, books), and Tintern Abbey.

October 3-4
Travel back into England and see stuff in Somerset, including Wells and Glastonbury, and many cideries. Staying in Cheddar, land of cheese.

October 5
Stop to see Avebury on our way back to London and then home.

Comments

[aylinn.livejournal.com]

have fun in portmeirion.

You ARE going to stop & see portmeirion, right?

[kmusser]

Yep, it's on the list :-)

[autumncat.livejournal.com]

I look forward to hearing about Wales.
My mother's family is from Wales - and Gerry and I hope to visit in a year or two.

Hey..

[zammis.livejournal.com]

you've got it wrong- Dad's going to spend 2 weeks terrorizing the locals before i even get there. However, I think the Scots'll know what to do with him. ;)

[cosmolinguist]

stealthmunchkin's friends visiting Manchester is A Good Thing. :-)

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

A Very Good Thing.
This makes things even more confusing on the Will Andrew Make It To The US In October front, given that I have to be in Liverpool for the IPO at the end of the month ;)
Holly and I have actually been talking about visiting Snowdonia/Chester too, because they are Good Places.
(Yes, I know you know that, Holly, but combining two comments into one...)

[kineticfactory.livejournal.com]

I'll be in London then. Fancy a pint?

[kmusser]

Maybe, I won't be in London much at all though - just on the last day as we go to catch our flight. I'm skipping the 1st week, when zammis will be in London without me.

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

If you're at all interested in ruined castles, Chepstow Castle is a very worthwhile short side-trip from Tintern Abbey. It's the oldest surviving stone castle in Britain (construction started in 1067). As an added bonus, it's got some vey nice reconstructions of medieval siege weapons.

Have a pint of Brains SA for me while you're in Cardiff :)

[kmusser]

Thanks, we'll add it to the list :-)