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Thursday 8 September, to Haye-on-Wye, South Wales

Great Britain 2005 - part XX

Elisabeth & Teije
2006-08-28 17:48:16

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Once (on holiday) I have forgotten Teije's birthday and every year since then I hope he will forget mine, one day. This year it looked very promising, although I had almost forgotten it myself, until I saw the date on an entrance ticket yesterday. I have been gloating over it all day, but als, now I understand why he wanted to have a drink in the pub downstairs on his own (so you see, never trust men who say they just want to have a drink at the pub on their own, he never got his drink!) and after that he supposedly had forgotten things from the car...

At breakfast I notice that the owners of the hotel are included in the conspriracy as well and I get a very nice happy birthday toast on my plate with fried eggs. And even our daugthers make it very clear that they have not forgotten this occasion. Next year I will try it again, but I have not much hope. I should never have forgotten Teije's birthday once...

We say goodbye to our hosts and drive to the south. Only to find out 40 minutes later, when we stand before a toll bridge and Teije wants to get money, that we still have to key of our room. We can't turn on the bridge, so we have to pay twice and tell the guard we will be back in an hour and a half. It is an uneasy key, not one we would like to send by mail, so we rather drive the whole way back and deposit it in the mailbox of the hotel since there is nobody there to give it to. A waste of time, but it is a nice area, so who cares... And when we are back at the bridge we have to pay a third time the toll, although I really thought he would let us go this time without paying. This man really had a good day today!

In the meantime it has started to rain and that goes on for the most part of the day. The visibilty is bad and gets worse and the roads are narrow, so not really the kind of weather and circumstances to enjoy the views.

We just drive around through the center of Wales and arrive at Haye-on-Wye ...