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Snowdon

Sunday, September 14, 2008

One of the aims of our holiday to Wales/North York Moor was to do some walking. I used to do this quite a bit when I was younger, but now I’m older, wider and far less fit, so the chances of walking up Snowdon was approaching zero.
Fortunately, the fine people of Wales built a steam [...]

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Seiont Manor

Sunday, September 14, 2008

We’ve been back a whole week from holiday but haven’t had much time for posting, so catching up :-) 
In North Wales we stayed at Seoint Manor Hotel, and I wrote a bit about it here. 
It’s a fair trek from East London, so  we travelled part way on the Friday night, stopping at some random motel [...]

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Bidet

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Early this week we stayed at Seiont Manor Hotel in Snowdonia.
This is a very nice hotel: quiet, big rooms, four-poster beds, nice views, pool, reasonable room rates, etc, but it had one major flaw.
It was farking expensive to eat or drink there.
A glass of wine for £8? Beer for £4 A sandwich for £8? No thanks.
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