Cardiff - Weekend Return

Friday, Jo and I travelled to Cardiff to pick up Karen and return on the Saturday. She was invited somewhere for the day, so we left later that we had planned. Whether it was this or just a bad day on the roads, we spent six hours travelling. It is really becoming impossible to drive anywhere in this country in a reliable timescale. The journey time to Cardiff should be 3 hours, or a little over! Friday evening was spent at the Sandringham in St Marys Street. A rather tired looking hotel, but otherwise quite fit for purpose. We ate at the Hard Rock Café after wandering around the City being indecisive - something we do a lot, (well, quite a bit). On the way back Jo was telling me she recognised the street from all the police shows, and indeed there was already someone collapsed in the road, apparently drunk. This was between nine and ten in the evening. Breakfast was good, with Karen's things loaded in the car, home we came. It was a very straight forward journey. A very tiring two days.

Back to term time....

So we are almost back to 'term time' for everyone. One has already left for her year out, and we spent a lovely weekend in Cardiff (Splott - what a great name) dropping her off. The other is off on Saturday, so that's another long drive and expensive weekend. I've spent most of the last week bringing her PC up to spec, so that it won't be invaded by something horrible, as happened a term or two ago. On Monday everyone will be doing their regular things for this year (except me, see below), so we can settle in to a routine for a few weeks until Christmas disrupts it again - anyone bought any cards yet? Some good news on the GCSE front - for those who know - our GCSE student is back in the top group for PE, and got a C for history. Reader training starts on Sept 24, so three Saturdays in a row are used, and the tax man wants one before the end of Sept also. I'm looking forward to it, yes, really looking forward to it. Time for another "Microsoft Update" moment.....