UK Fun Stay and All the Places We Go: Here, There, and Everywhere

Wow, time surely flies when you're having fun and we are definitely having fun. It's hard to believe that we only have one more house/petsit scheduled before we make our way to Italy to head home. We left a wonderful petsit near Welshpool in Wales with two of the cutest dogs named Hattie and Myrtle.

Jan and John (Hattie's and Myrtle's humans) made our stay in their home delightful. After they returned from their holiday, Chuck and I were invited to stay with them as their guests. They are the best hosts you could ask for. Jan took us sightseeing and then prepared a delicious Sunday Roast with all the trimmings: lamb roast, potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes and so much more. We also had the pleasure of meeting their neighbors Shelly and Dave who shared Sunday Roast with us. Another of their neighbors, Natasha and John, participate in a carboot sale on Sundays and Chuck and I went to check it out. Their booth, for lack of a better term, is filled with interesting items and homemade treats. We bought two keychains that John told us were trench art.

The views from Pencraig, Jan's and John's home, were breathtaking.

Unfortunately, I can't locate the other photos I know I took 😠. That really has upset me. We did, fortunately, take lots of photos from our visit to Powis Castle and I did manage to hang onto those.

UPDATE: Jan has read the blog and saw that I couldn't locate the photos I had taken of Pencraig so she sent me some. Thank you, Jan!!!

While we were unable to take photos inside the castle, we were able to take as many as we wanted in the gardens. We also had several opportunities to visit Welshpool and of course, visit the charity shops. We truly enjoy just wandering around the towns and villages we visit. We also got to see on quite a few occasions pheasants just wandering in the road. While pheasants have beautiful, brilliantly colored plumage, they are, as Jan so aptly phrased it, quite thick. I really thought on several occasions that we were going to run over at least one or two that were in the middle of the road. FYI, a group of pheasants can be referred to as a bouquet, a covey, or a nye. I think I like the phrase a bouquet of pheasants because even if they are not the smartest birds, they are pretty!

It came time to leave our new friends Jan and John. We said our goodbyes to Jan, John, Hattie and Myrtle and began our journey to Cornwall. On the way, we stayed overnight in Burnham on Sea. It was a strange travel day. Hurricane Ophelia was heading toward Ireland. The weather reports were predicting strong winds for Cornwall, Wales, and southern England. For us Southerners, it felt and looked like tornado weather. The sun, when we could see it, was red. No worries, there was just some wind and very dark skies, but nothing that we hadn't seen before.

We made it to Burnham on Sea and stayed the night at a lovely hotel that overlooked the beach. We spent time walking the beach, had a delicious dinner at Wetherspoon's, the made our way back to the hotel. The next morning, we had breakfast at a little cafe, did a little more walking on the beach, then began the final leg of our journey to Luxulyan, Cornwall to begin our house/petsit with Bella.

We are now in Luxulyan (pronounced lux-sillian), Cornwall with sweet Bella. Her humans, Robin and Sarah welcomed us into their home and made us feel very comfortable. While they are on holiday, we have the privilege to walk Bella and keep her company. One of our favorite walks is along Par Beach (photos coming soon).