Mumbling Free - Day 9 - 'Chair' & 'Train'

I didn't think starts to the day could get any slower, but the pace of life during the day is beginning to catch up with me.  The heat of the day, while very pleasant is also a factor as the afternoons are really too hot for me.  Brody is also suffering in the heat.  Once again Jo and I took Leo and Brody for a walk after breakfast.  We went down to the swings after an abortive attempt to get into the nature reserve with the push chair.  We also called in at the George and booked a table for lunch.  Coming back down the hill for 1pm our table was ready. The burgers were rated average, but my salmon was very good, so there is some variability in the menu, but the staff are friendly and efficient and it was a good experience all round.  Leo enjoyed his 'hot beans' (baked beans served very warm) with sausage and mash.  He spent his time pointing out the bikes in particular going along the main road outside.  He has become obsessed with bikes, whether they are pedal powered or engine powered seems to make little difference.

One of the loveliest expressions I have heard from Jess this holiday has been "That's a new word!", and there have been two or three already.  Today's word is 'Chair'. He wanted to sit like one of us, not in a high chair, so he said chair - quite clearly as though he had known it for years.  Developing language in a toddler is one of the miracles that shows what an amazing brain we have been given.

Leo is also obsessed with trains, so we took him up the hill a little to see the G-gauge railway that I mentioned on Day 2. Take a look at the YouTube video on that post.  There is also a tiny loop with a Thomas the tank Engine, whose eyes move to look in the direction the train is turning. Leo was fascinated, and we spent a good while chatting to the hosts about the use they had put their garden to.  It really is well worth a visit.

Returning to the bay we looked out for the Land train.  It runs about once an hour and runs between Blackpill lido and Mumbles, stopping at West Cross, Norton, Oystermouth and Southend Gardens along the way.  We could see it coming, so waited for its arrival. We took a round trip from the Mumbles - the last one of the day.  It is a good distance so we got to see some of the area we had not seen yet.

Back at the bungalow we had tea and I eventually got to see high lights of the Austrian GP.  European race high lights are supposed to be shown about 5pm, but this was shown at 7:30pm on BBC2 - so much for consistency BBC.  Congratulations to Bottas on his first podium, otherwise it was back to normal for 2014 - a Mercedes 1 - 2.