CARDIFF TRIP AND BATH TRIP

26 April 2009

It was a sunday...a special day for today(yesterday i was in a club with my friend romeish in oxford street,,we party all the way till 2:20am middle of the night,,i went back at 3am,,slept for 3hours)

I woke up at 6am..i was very sleepy indeed..but i must go for today's trip..i reached the tube(underground train) at 7am..waited for 15min and the rest turned up..we travelled all the way to south wimbledon as we had rented the cars in that place

We reached at 8:30am..however..it started to rain..just a small one,,heavier than drizzle..as i did not bring an umbrella..i drenched in the rain..lucky did the rest brought umbrella..(i remembered 2 umbrella for 5person..as i skip myself,,2person to 1 umbrella)..

The place where we rented the cars was 15 min walk from the tube station..by the time we reached to that place i was like soaking like a slippery fish..haha..but its ok..im tough..

We rented 2 cars..it was better than expected..a ford S-Max and a Renault Megane..a bless for me as i dont need drenched in the rain...but the rain stop when we finished the process of those 2 cars renting application..this took 45min..
Renault gang


Alas,,at 10am,,we set off to cardiff,,there were around 12people..5 in the renault and 7 in the ford..The journey to Cardiff was just beautiful..because you were in a car..you get to see the scenery along the way..the fields are especially green..very green..and yellow too sometimes due to spring as of now-flowers bloom..

We stopped halfway to get our breakfast..it was a rest place for travellers..i bought a loaf of bread..lol..its only enough for me..this time around i get to more people..there were the usual friends adlan,wendy,elizabeth,lowyin and the unusual friends like vans,ellis,(i forgot his name),.....

We reached cardiff at 12pm(i think)..it was a rural area,,but its definitely better than i expected..Cardiff-was famous for their castle,,there was this Cardiff castle..belong to an old king called Sir******...the entrance fee is 10 pound..a good bargain for students..because this time we took a premium fee..means includes a tour

The tour was led by a guy,,,he explains the castle's meaning and reasons about the rooms-how it was built and why..why the children of the kings are dressed like that..etc



The tour lasted 45 min..and then we are free to explore the rest of the mysterious castle..it was quite fun ans we all know the castle grounds was big,,very big,,and very majestic..we took alot of pictures..


later at 4pm we were hungry...and that concludes our visit of cardiff castle..we went to a pizza place just outside cardiff castle..hoho..buffet lunch cost 7pounds-eat all u can..

I ate 7 plates-5plates of pizza and 2 plates of salad..satisfying,,very satisfying indeed..we then wanted to visit more places...yes..we then visited the next castle in cardiff

This was an old castle,,very old,,older than cardiff castle..due to our late presence at 6pm..it was close..so we took pictures outside the castle...this castle however,,was smaller than i expected..



The ford gang of friends decided to go home after this 2nd castle..perhaps they did not eat enough in the buffet as they say they were cold..so this gang was the unusual gang..haha

Actually,,we also wanted to go home after this..but we spend longer time taking pictures at the old castle..and all of a sudden the 5 of us decided to go Bath

We set off from Cardiff to Bath..it was on the same way back to London..so we decided to drop by..Bath was a place not famous for castle,,,but for the roman bath..as we arrived late at 9:30pm at night...we also stay outseide the auditorium to take pictures

I did not expect Bath was just a small town,,it is however,,very small indeed,,but it was sufficient for a late night stroll at 10pm..haha..

At 11pm we decided to go home..it was said that from bath to london takes 1 hour..this is as we need to catch the tube before 12am...it closed its operation at 12am..

We were late..we reached at 12:05am..and the tube operator told us to take a bus..the car rented was returned as we reached at 12am in South wimbledon..actually among 5 of us..3 of us took the bus...it was me low yin and elizbeth..while wendy and adlan camp at a friend's house in South wimbledon(i think the friend stay there)..so they could give the car back the very next morning..and for the other car-well they retuned home at 9pm..so the car operator was still open..

PS:here i gracefully appreciated 2 friends who drove to and fro South Wimbledon and Cardiff and Bath-Wendy and Elizabeth

Cardiff group pic


Bath group pic