Black Park

Today we picked up Matilda from the cattery. She seemed fine after her stay and has forgiven us for abandoning her. This afternoon I took a walk to Black Park which is a county park not to far from the Marina. The weather was nice and the trees were a fantastic colour. The country park is on the edge of the River Dee which was flowing very quickly, it was interesting to see the river from close and this river was the reason why the aqueducts were built. There is a walk along the River taking you to the base of the aqueduct which I will do again with my camera.

Yesterday we came back from the Isle of Man on the ferry. The journey was not that enjoyable. The ferry was modern and we had a good place to sit at the front with lots of windows so that we could see out. Unfortunately it was very windy and I was told by a member of staff that this is the strongest wind that the ship sales. It was very very choppy and poor Scott was not well (despite taking seasick pills) . Walking around the ship was tricky especially as I needed to keep getting up to get Scott water, tissues and dispose of his sick bags!

For our last night in the Isle of Man we went to a Indian restaurant which was 13 miles away from the hotel. The drive there was a little hair-raising. It was very dark with no cats eyes on the road and it was terribly windy. The restaurant was very busy however, the town was completely dead.

So we are now back on our boat. It is odd that normally when I return home from a holiday I am very sad to leave our holiday destination as it means that the relaxation is over. In fact, I was not sad to leave the Isle of Man and happy to return to our boat and to continue our time in Chirk.

Picture of a windfarm from the ferry: