December 27, Wales. It was getting cold. I was staying with Jerry, a friend from Ammanford in  Wales. We had placed a thermometer outside overnight and this morning it gave a conservative reading of 0°C. Apparently it had dropped to -8°C overnight. Needless to say much of the outdoors was frozen. Today’s plan was to visit Carreg Cennen Castle, a well-known fort which featured in Welsh history. However our mode of transport was playing up. We examined Jerry’s car to see if we could rid … [Read more...]