I fought my tummy

. . . and my head won.

Tummy said, "Ooh, as you're in Mumbles you could go to M&S and get some pecan and cranberry bread."
Head said, "But I'll eat too much and slather it in butter."
Tummy said, "Yes, yum yum."
Head said, "Ummmmm . . . no!"

Just as well 'cos when I got home breadless and told Husband he said, "Good, you need to go on a diet."

I am no longer speaking to Husband.

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The response to my last post - clothes chair - was greater than any I've had for ages. Obviously a popular subject.

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Had my flu jab this morning. I don't usually get much of a reaction save for a sore arm so we shall see. Off to see Michael Sheen and Martyn Joseph tonight for an evening of Welsh readings and song.

And I realise I never finished the story of our Italy trip.

When we got back from the trip to Lake Garda Younger Son prepared to go away again. He was taking a group of children from his school to . . . Swansea! He and another teacher were in charge of about twelve children aged about eleven I think. Nuora had to go back to work so we stayed to look after the children whose school term didn't start until the following week.

YS was due to arrive in Swansea early afternoon on the Tuesday. But the flight was delayed and eventually cancelled because of a plane problem. They had to hang about in the airport all day and then the airline put them up in a hotel. The next morning they flew to Amsterdam - someone in the organising party decided this was better than the direct flight YS had wanted. They spent the day in Amsterdam before finally getting a flight to Cardiff, and eventually reaching Swansea late Wednesday evening.

They then had two good days in Swansea before it was time to come home. This time it was the trains. 

The train from Swansea to Cardiff was delayed because the wind had blown a tree across the track. It finally turned up and they began their journey only for it to be stopped again and they had to make the rest of the journey on a coach.

Strangely enough, everyone is keen to the trip again!

Meanwhile we had a great time. Crafts and dog-walking took up our days. 

One day we visited a village higher up the valley where a gnome forest had been created.

These are just some of the wonderful paintings we discovered.

The forest is next to the village of Prea.

Another day we climbed a mountain - not this one with the disapproving face but one next to it - in search of waterfalls, which due to the dry summer weren't very impressive. 

And another day we visited the bronze age settlement site.

I forgot to mention that on our last night at the lake Husband and I ate in a restaurant along the shore. For his starters Husband ordered anchovies. He wasn't expecting them to arrive in their tins!

They even came with a postcard explaining the difference between Gold series (12 month maturation) and Limited series (24 months maturation). They were also fished at dawn apparently which gives a superior quality.

Oh, and I had hummus for starters.

The view from our table wasn't too bad either.

There's still more Italy to come but I'll stop for now as you're probably bored already.