Ellie's Adventures in Wonderland

For this weekend's adventure, I was reunited with Brother Dearest - oh, how I didn't miss him on my last adventure.  The first stop on our expedition was to Shobdon Arches , which unsurprisingly is in the village of Shobdon. Accessed by a delightful tree-lined avenue, parking is available alongside the church (watch you don't park in the Rector's space as we nearly did). On the outside of the gated entrance there was a small yellow button, which Max dared me to press. Obviously I couldn't resist, and duly pressed it. However, conclusions came there none as to what it actually did. I pondered whether it was a doorbell to alert the Rector to the presence of parishioners unable to climb the steps (I'm not entirely sure what use the Rector would be to them).  After a nose around the church, which is actually quite nice, we walked up another tree-lined avenue to the arches. With the trees in full autumn mode, the walk up was enchanting, especially as we neared the ar

    This weekend's adventure took me once again into Wales - this time to Devil's Bridge Falls in Ceredigion. As brother dearest was away, I had no choice but to drag along my long-time chumly Phil. I picked Phil up at 10.20am and was kept waiting around while he fart-knocked about, smoking fags. After a mere 2 minutes on the road Phil started whining like a little girl, wanting to stop for coffee. Realising his incessant whingeing wouldn't stop until he got his caffeine, we pulled over at the Co-op. Finally setting off again on our journey, we managed to drive 20 minutes further down the road before Phil now wanted to stop for a fag to go with his coffee. So we pulled over at Kington Cemetary and admired the graves. It was a lovely day for the dead.  Back on the road again, we were finally able to continue our journey with no more interruptions. However, when we reached our location, Phil now demanded a beer before we walked around the Falls. So after parking up the motor