Tuesday 4th June
Yesterday we phoned good friends Val and Rod who live on a mountain top in deepest South Wales.
We are going to see them for a couple of days so did and little packing and got under way.
The weather was cold and damp, and we didn't fancy a long journey via the motorway, so from Birmingham we headed North West and planned a big loop down into South Wales.
Its hard to explain the volume of traffic and people, we just aren't used to it. Just getting out of Birmingham itself was a nightmare.
We drove via Shrewsbury, Welshpool and Newtown where we filled up with petrol and thought we would try a UK MacDonalds.
On the road to Welshpool we had noticed a couple of big MacDonalds trucks with signs on that said they were collecting waste oil to turn into Biodiesel to power their own trucks. Well done Maccas!
The MacDonalds we went in to was nice,clean and quiet, no silly music playing and machines beeping all the time. Another thing that impressed was that we were given non plastic straws. I think Maccas in Australia could learn a lot from the ones in UK.
The trip was nice and relaxed, through lovely countryside and only took 3.5 hours.
It was great see both Val and Rod, Rod very agile with his new hip. Very cold on this mountain top!
A late dinner with lots of talk, laughter, drinks and trips down memory lane.
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