Fantastic weekend, doing very little in Cardiff. At last, we had three days of late summer, and it brought everyone out - the town full of loads of different accents, proving that half of Swansea, Bridgend, Newport, The valleys and apparently Lithuania had hit the town to make the most of this far too rare weather - 26'C at is't peak - the hottest October day in Wales for over ten years! ( I love this global warming!)

Saturday saw Wales play Liechtenstein in the fantastic Millennium stadium, in the World Cup Football early qualifiers. - apparently the country has only TEN professional footballers, so they had to train some more up just for the match. Oddly enough - Wales won, though to be honest - they played poorly, and didn't really deserve it.

Great to see flag sellers, the usual (screaming) Sons of Jesus, the sad guy with the plastic microphone & tin pot full of copper coins, and... direct from Hot Fuzz (great film!).. one of those CURSED moving statues!

Saturday afternoon - the park, sunbathing & watching some free-runners do impossible things which defied gravity... God knows how that was possible! Fascinating - very entertaining, and incredibly brave! Good also to see several ice cream vans & a Hot Dog van (they're common over here) adding to that 'fiesta' atmosphere!

Sunday - as ever, FAR too big a lunch (pork this time) plus a 6 mile walk from Penarth, over the Barrage to Cardiff Bay and its many attractions. Great views of ships in the channel, WSM looking close enough to touch - but still an agonizing 70 minute drive away in reality, and a number of jetskis flirting around. Managed a sleep on the Barrage - always a pleasure AND a 400 kilogram ice cream from Cadwaladr's Ice Cream Parlor. Awesome stuff - totally & utterly addictive!

Then it was Monday.... the rest... you can guess!