Saturday 17 September 2011 – Home

I am up early writing this as – well sleep was on and off.  Well this is the last blog for this trip – what can you say about an experience that will make 2011 a truly memorable
year.

Some baggage weight stats – we had 2 suitcases with a combined weight of 44kgs from memory when we left. We ditched 4kgs at least in Linz to the relo’s then purchased and sent home two major purchases, and 6kgs of stuff on top of that.

Our bags when we weighed in to go home totaled 52kgs – and we had two extra carry
on bags – how does it happen really…… those scales surely must be rigged!!@

Anyway the trip – the fact of having no housework, shopping for food or making beds is
a truly blissful thing, that relaxing fact and the sights these eyes have seen
in 10 weeks is nothing short of AMAZING – how will I settle back in really – well
I have noticed domesticity kicks in pretty quick – the mail, the house
cooking and cleaning and oh yeah shopping for food – all return effortlessly

So off I go now and try to resume a normal life – having worked out the remotes,
and the washing machine and shower, I will attempt to find the handbag and move
forward.

The limerick/ode to the trip is in production so to those I promised to – watch
this space.

Well its goodbye from me for the 2011 really big adventure.  We have thought about the next trip – and once we recover from this one we might be able to start the next blog!! Jacky

Well, what can I say. After planning this trip for so long, and Jacky needs most of the credit for doing so, we finally carried it out. It was an amazing trip, we saw some wonderful places, met some great people and came away with some great memories. To see all of those places that you only ever hear about was wonderful. Of course we will be going back. Only next time we will be able to pick where we go.

It was good to get home though. Now back to our normal lives, but now we can look back and remember those places that we went to. Colin.

Friday16 September 2011 – Hong Kong to Canberra (via Sydney)

We left Hong Kong on time Thursday evening – I was surprised how dark Hong Kong
was at 6pm.   Anyway our seats were ok on the plane – the setup – 2 then 4 then 2 across
– we got in the last bank of two and half way down the plane – close to the loo
(handy).

Sleeping is tricky when you just got off a night plane into late afternoon and then you step back on at the beginning of another night plane.  They feed you another dinner after you just had breakfast –  you watch a movie and stay awake or fall asleep
half way through then an hour later you might wake up. Apparantly I slept longer
and maybe have to give credit to listening to Enya – as she lulled me to sleep
again on this flight and I managed to get 2 hours or more again.

WellFriday morning is creeping in – I see the first of three wonderful sights – –
the plane monitor on the screen shows the Aus map as the plane flies over Darwin
–A couple of hours later the sun starts to rise with Sydney in view for our
landing.

We touchdown around 6.30am and manage to get in a slow queue for customs
magically! The event is fairly painless – our luggage is on the carousel and
then we get through bag inspection with little effort and get through security
to board the Qantas transfer bus from international to domestic – all with an
hour to spare as we wait for the Sydney flight to Canberra. A strong coffee and  we are alert again – finally we have daylight to deal with for a change.

Finally  8.30 arrives and we board the last leg of the trip.  Our flight is on the run way and well a delay – 15 mins for backlogged planes – but around 8.50 we are off – :).

The third most wonderful sight – Canberra airport is in sight then our friend Nicola
at the bottom of the arrival gate to greet us! We are home. Hooray!

We v arrive back home to see a smiling Samantha and a happy pouch Ellie – all glad
to have us home and then we plod around like zombies for the rest of the day
trying to stay awake, choosing to try and unpack  and figuring out to re use our house.  You would think I could remember how the TV remotes worked, get the washing machine started, remember how this shower turned on and even figure out where I put my handbag –after all it has only been 3 months since I was home!

Anyway time to sleep. Ah yeah the man of the house – well he has crashed out already so he will make some sense tomorrow and  update then – goodnight again  Jacky

Thursday 15 September 2011 – Hong Kong to Sydney

Well we are awaiting the boarding of the flight from Hong Kong to Sydney – the
flight from London on Cathay I could not fault them –food and staff on board
great and they were great and friendly here on arrival with helpful signs
telling us where to go (nicely) 🙂

I decided to go and extract $50US from the bank and have some c urrency fun with
it here at the airport. It’s a bit like putting money into a pokie,  you know whatever you buy or get back is never what it should be – so I treat like gambling and assume it will get p….d
up a wall so to speak.

I walked half a mile to the purchasing end of this airport and I tell you I think
Hong Kong airport is pretty neat – I can see gates going well into the 500’s so
it is a hub alright.

I purchase in US dollars and against my better judgement let them give me the
change in Hong Kong dollars – hence the gambling risk theory I think.

Anyway some coffee’s and change and I was back at gate 68 and gave the man of the house
the change to go see what fun he could have in half an hour!!

By now the time is approaching 6.10 pm and the flight will be boarding shortly.

Goodnight again  Jacky

Well today has gone. We left London at 10.30 pm Wednesday, it is now 6.10pm Thursday
in Hong Kong. We had a 11 hr flight, so we lost the rest of Thursday. Oh well,
we’ll be home soon enough. Colin.

Tuesday 13 September 2011 – Aberystwyth to Norwich

Early wake up and we are off by 6.45am to ensure we arrive in Norwich as early as possible
noting the distance was 272miles and Helga the GPS said around 6hrs travelling time .

It took little more than an hour to clear Wales then on the A5, M6 we were literally
clear of Birmingham around 9.30 and we stopped for breakfast at a service stop
close by.

Another two hours on and off the M6 and finally we knew Norwich was a done deal to arrive in around 1.30pm.  I was one relieved person let me tell you.  Given we could not go to the accommodation yet and having the car for just another few hours we decided to go visit Stiffkey (native village where Bransby Fox was born). At this stage the phone rings and finally our Cousin May has called to let us know that Jim is not well at all, and to wish us a safe trip home.  Jim get well soon we are thinking of you.

Still too early for the hotel we popped across the road for a sandwich and coffee then
settled into our room.  Luggage unpacked we could ditch the car so took it out to the airport.  We also got to do a London cab back to town – well the Archive centre to go research the Fox line for 40 mins!!  As we only had about 40mins – that meant I
needed my assistant to help do research and Col obliged – although I am sure he
may have been happier in the pub or elsewhere but anyway two pairs of hands
made for good research quality and time.

Noting the records were turning up information we had to bale so they could close at 5 and
we planned to come back for an hour or two next morning.

We popped into the train station and collected our tickets to London and then sussed
places for dinner. A  local pub not too far from the Stracey Hotel was the go and I had my last English fish and chips and Col had a burger and Norfolk beer.

We decided to have a bit of an early night as we had to repack the cases and get ready for our trip home. Goodnight  Jacky

Today was our last driving day. We had to go from the west of Wales to the east of England. A bit nerve racking, especially around Birmingham. There are so many roads over here! It can be very confusing. We arrived in Norwich safely and still married,we found our hotel and took the car back. Did some research then back to the
hotel. We are now getting ready for our return home tomorrow. Colin.

Monday 12 September 2011- Aberystwyth

A very windy day greets us so we do a quick trip to the jewellery shop, a coffee then head
to the station to get the tickets for the Vale of Rheidol steam train ride at 10.30am.

We had some things to drop off back at the hotel so we braved the winds and made it back
with time to spare. We opted for a closed carriage as the winds whilst a bit fierce were quite cool as well.

The train ride took an hour and arrived at Devils corner about 11.75miles away from
Aberstwyth station at 11.30. The scenery mainly farm land, with hills and trees, cows and sheep as you would expect.

The train had to reorganize itself for the return trip so we had tea and cake and pretty soon
the train left to return to Aberystwyth and arrived about 1.30pm.

The afternoon I was dropped off to spend it at the NLW, I had requested a file to look at on
Saturday that had arrived Monday morning on my man Evans.

Col meanwhile went off exploring the town.

At the NLW I was fortunate to have an author of a book that I was keen on seeing in the
library so he came and assisted me with early Aberystwyth life and although I did not progress very far for my person it was a great afternoon and a fantastic library for family research.

My experiences with family history and records office staff have been amazing and now I have more work ahead of me when I get home!!

Sometime later I was collected and we arrived back at the hotel and over a drink we read
through the copied file on my convict Evans.

Meanwhile yet another Birmingham resident now working in Wales (two of the bar staff and the housekeeper  were from Birmingham) struck up a conversation and some drinks later we finally got to head out for dinner around 7.30pm.

Another end to another brilliant day and this place although not as touristy as others in
Wales was great and I hope we get back here one day.

Goodbye Aberystwyth – tomorrow we head to Norwich, East of England for our last night.
Jacky

Well, today is just as windy as yesterday. We are going on the local narrow gauge tourist
steam train up the valley today. And very enjoyable it was too. Jacky spent
some more time in the records office while I did a bit of a tour. Just walking
around looking. I finished this off with a rest before I had to go and pick
Jacky up. A nice easy day. Colin.

Sunday 11 September 2011 – Aberystwyth

Well the morning weather is disappointing with strong winds from Hurricane Katia still
weaving her magic across the Atlantic. This throws the days plan into rethink.   Way too windy for the cliff train so after breakfast we head to Aberystwyth Castle, built in the 1200’s but little more than ruins now.  A few photos were taken before the winds drove us down the hill and into a coffee shop.

We opted then to do a drive inland and went some 42 miles as far as Newtown and the winds were still noticeable even there. We were heading back when we came across a
small guest house/pub so we stopped for a late lunch of soup and plaice then
made our way back to Aberystwyth mid afternoon .

We walked around the shops and alleys and then headed for the hotel for a drink then a
movie in our room ahead of dinner. We had sussed out a suitable dinner venue
earlier – but we must have missed the sign that said – food only till 3pm!!

Anyway dinner was had across the road followed by a cocktail and Guinness back at our hotel before retiring for the night. We have started the culling cycle – you now what do we really need to take home and what can be chucked.  No doubt that will continue as we do a final pack to get ready for the flight home in 3 days time.
Tomorrow the train to Devil’s corner and then a session to read the file on the
Evans convict – via the jewellery shop of course!! Goodnight Jacky

We had an easy day today. Contending with the wind was the hard bit. We looked at the
local castle, which is in ruin, after this we decided to go for a drive.  Some more great scenery, twisting roads and more wind. We drove through some local towns and we stopped at a small road side pub for lunch. Very pleasant, we then returned to town and had a relaxing afternoon. Followed by an easy dinner and a couple of drinks at our pub.
Another good day. Colin.

Saturday 10 September 2011 – Llangollen to Aberystwyth (North Wales)

Well we wake up in a building that is older than you can imagine and we have what is deemed he best room in the house – it was good but by far the shower made no
impression at all as literally only had 2 water jets making their way out of the spout
at less than 3klms per hour – so we went to breakfast instead.

We have experienced this white flesh fruit all over Ireland so we assumed it was this
form of orange – not so here – it was grapefruit so that was ditched.  The rest of breakfast was pretty good.

We had the day’s plan all worked out as there was a competing set of priorities for the
first time really of the holiday – trains and family research.  So we did the steam train from Llangollen toCarrag (only 7.8 miles) but it takes a two hour round trip to complete.

I enjoyed it – the coal flakes running through my hair – the smell and sound of the steam
engine but the best was the scenery and the reminder of that bygone era where
life was … well a different place.

I have taken 300 photos just of Wales and we only arrived less than 24 hours ago – it is a
beautiful part of the world.

The train done we head off in the Ford for Aberystwyth – the GPS says 67 miles so that means at least 1.5 hrs.  The most amazing scenery was districting us from the winding road and slow traffic caused by the winding roads.  We played dodgems with
sheep, cows, bike riders and the odd horse riding through as well as a group of
hikers.  You take it all in your stride and the GPS lady Helga keeps us on track – we note she only quotes route numbers – no names – who can blame her – they are impossible to say ans I have no idea exactly how to get from one to the other even with our map really.  Just the same we arrive soon enough.

Aberystwyth is hard to describe – old and unspoiled largely sitting on the edge of the
coast overlooking the Atlantic and with the added pressure of the recent cyclone – winds were horrendous. We headed for the tourist info as the  GPS (she speaks
like our GPS at home Heidi – so this one is probably her sister and we call her
Helga)  could not find South road where the hotel was.

We discovered the Castle Hotel was not too far away either, so we checked in gathered our
possessions, had a quick bite and then the NLW (National Library of  Wales) to search for anything on the Convict Evans and if time Convict Thomas.

The man of the house waited around long enough to watch me go through validating my
readers ticket, and finding the reading room then he was for a good hour to check out the cliff train.

I discovered the file for the crime committed by this convict Evans and ordered it for
Monday.  I also found a possible Baptism for the Thomas one so had to go to the North reading room and get a photocopy card and then reload the film and print one copy of the entry – anymore copies I would have had to write to the Denbigh parish priest for permission!!

So I then headed off to meet Col for the next adventure. I was shown the cliff train and that is on the agenda for tomorrow – that looks steep but after you have conquered Mt Pilatus – this should be a walk in the park right… Anyway will report on that after we do it.

We then went for a walk to Gray ‘s Inn road just around the corner from our hotel actually  – the Evans convict was arrested here in 1820 ahead of being transported  – that has
prompted me to get into the social history of Abertstwyth now and wonder why he
was there. Monday may reveal more of the story, but history may help me more so
off to find a particular book recommended by the hotel owner.

WE hit the pier on the promenade and went to look for a dinner venue – Greek was definitely the choice so we went back to the hotel for a drink and to change, diverted by
a jewellery shop to see if I could find a welsh piece for the bracelet.  That will be on the agenda for Monday when I take the bracelet back to make sure it fits. 🙂

Well  dinner followed the drink and another drink followed dinner back at the hotel, including a 2 pound ninety five cocktail special – gosh good cocktails over this neck of the woods.

Our room well it is  said to be the best , and it is good.  We have just about all of the things needed the shower is amazing, the room is only 18 months old, as the owner gutted this part of the pub and completely refurbished it – very nice.   So its goodnight from
me as a day of exploring this old place gets underway tomorrow.  Jacky

After yesterday we’ll see how today pans out. The hotel turned out to not be quite
what was expected. It was just too old and needs doing up. Even if the bags do have their own room. We had a very nice train ride, steam of course. It turns out that this part of Wales has steam trains everywhere. Mainly narrow gauge, but this one is standard gauge. And that means full size engines and trains. We then drove over to Aberstwyth. Jacky was able to do a visit to the library,while I managed to fit in the cliff train. I had to check it out to see if it was suitable for Jacky. As it turns out it is, so we will visit it tomorrow.
This hotel is just the best hands down we have had on our trip. This place is a pleasure. I’ll stay here for three nights with pleasure. Colin.

Friday 9 September 2011 – Dublin to Holyhead

We wake up before the alarm , so we are up packed and ready to go to breakfast ahead of
the taxi booked for 7.15am.  Lucky we could still have breakfast earlier than they start, so we did not have to rush it.

John the taxi driver arrives at the allocated time and we arrive at the Dublin Port 15mins
later. John has worked in Dublin for 10 years and really wants to go back home
– like us he agrees whilst Dubin is a nice place  its a driving nightmare. He
comes from Co Clare and it turns out from Milltown Malbay – that same place we
where looking for the Boyle family links.

At the dock it was pretty straightforward as we and the bags went through and soon we got
on the bus that took us to the ferry terminal and we boarded.

The Jonathon Swift Ferry took roughly 1 hr 50 mins to dock at Holyhead.  This was a fast ferry so walking around the ferry was a little difficult without steady feet. Promise no alcohol consumed by us – but others well it was consumed that early by otherxs let me say..

Holyhead port itself was different to Belfast or Dublin ports in that it sits on a rocky head
with lighthouses surrounding.

We had to all get on a bus to be transported to the terminal – it was amazing how many were packed on two buses yet there was one bus to get us there to start with – anyway I was grateful we only had to go a short way  🙂

The bags retrieved we went to Hertz and collected the car – A ford focus complete with
Sat Nav!  Off we headed to Llangollen which according to the Nat Sav was 74miles away.   The Sat Nav was a godsend and definitely useful in Wales given the names of places; although it did seem to take us on and off the same major roads a couple of times. I will check the options – think it is on the ‘scenic’ route setting.

Around 12.30 we found a little place around Conwy for lunch and I have to say a
photographer’s paradise all the way including the surrounding village – I could
not believe the scenery and I do not think I did it justice on camera – so
pretty.

We arrived then in Llangollen around 2.30pm –as we passed the Motor Museum sign, we could hear then see the steam trains and the signs for the horsedrawn canal boats. Someone was in paradise!!

We parked the car and took off to the railway – not sure we even checked if we could park
where we did or for how long – the train station beckoned.

Sometime later…… having established our hotel was dead smack in the centre of town
overlooking the River Dee and right close to the station too we booked in.  Now this room was a little special – a suite, so a room for us and a room for the luggage.

We bolted then for the motor museum in case it shut, lucky time for an explore. I can’t
tell you how good it was I opted out of the entry and took photos instead.

We arrived back in the town and then offloaded the contents of the car and went off again
to check out the horse drawn canal boats, then some souvenir shopping (restricted a little now due to weight concerns) so I bought another celtic ring – you wear that so no weight problem!! Although I am weighing a little more than I did a few weeks back.

After all the frenzy of that I needed a cocktail and found a selection at the bargain price
of 3 pounds 50. Sadly though I did not have Nic or Wendy to share it with but I thought of you both ok!

Then we came back a little later and had dinner there, although spoiled for choice really as
all places had great food options.  Col needed to try the Welsh beer – black sheep
I think it was called and all was good for another day. Goodnight for now – Jacky

Well, what a day this turned out to be! First up we had the Irish cabbie from heaven. This guy was brilliant. So much so that I think I went overboard with the tip. Oh well, the drive was worth it. Then the ferry. We got the fast one. We overtook both the normal ferrys before we got half way to Wales. That’s got to be good. Then we got to leave the ferry before the cars. That was special. And guess what? We got a turbo! Yep, our car is now a Ford Focus 1.6 Sport. A diesel turbo. No Toyotas here! This thing goes! and well. It is a pleasure, I won’t be flying out and getting one though, I think the Calais still goes that much harder. We arrived in Llangollen and I was in heaven! We passed a motor museum, that had to be looked into. When we arrived at the town I could see coal smoke, I could smell coal smoke and I could see shit loads of steam. Huh? There were three steam locos at the station. Now I knew I had arrived in heaven. I got talking to a guy at the shop and he said that there will be seven engines running tomorrow. SO COOL. My day was complete. But wait, there’s more! I found out that there is a horse drawn canal in this town. I couldn’t believe it! Why has this place got so much? I asked. We don’t know, we just have. We had stumbled on one of the biggest steam weekends the town has had for a long time.  This is just it. I’m done for. Colin.

Thursday 8 September 2011 – Tipperary to Dublin

Good morning
– after crunchy pancakes (mine) and Col’s pile of smoked salmon on the Eggs
Benedict we settled the bill and headed off in the car for Dublin.  The patient peace and quiet of country Ireland is now going to be replaced with the inpatient and noisy Dublin.

We start on the motorway and I am beginning to wonder if the Irish read any sins as the
Motorway has instructions for drivers – no ‘L’ plate drivers and no slow vehicles.  The latter  in my view would include
Tractors!! But maybe farmers ignore such signs as they amaze me where they take
them!

Pretty soon as always we chose and take an exit into small villages.  We travelled through parts of Co Laois bordering on Co Kildare and the countryside is green and cows look relaxed. We hit Athy – a  little village where narrow streets  and one set of traffic lights held traffic up both ways for a good 15 mins. After that we headed back on the motorway and braced ourselves for the entry once again into Dublin.

Oh dear this was a bit stressful again trying to find a landmark so we could find the right
entry point to find the right street for our hotel.  After driving some way we found a landmark and then a little way on a street name and then a couple of streets later we
saw the hotel.

We had to do  run around the block to get into it but that was ok. The car park was a bit
full at the hotel – we arrived in the middle of a wedding!! So we parked – npacked and then got instructions to a petrol station nearby and the car hire lace so we could ditch the car and relax a while in Dublin.

We set off nd the first street had road works – hmmm meaning we had to take a detour and ot get lost – lucky the road chosen was a good one that led back into the
street we needed and the petrol station was in view.

We arrived hen at the Car place and by now it was 2pm and lunch was the next order of the
day.  The weather in Dublin was warmer han previous days, I am hoping that stays a little when we get to Wales.

We did little lse after lunch but visit a grog shop to check out Irish whiskeys, a quick
visit back to Trinity College to get a thimble to replace the one I broke from he first visit to Dublin and a souvenir place to get a bookmark or two and hen the bar at the hotel to see what the menu had to offer for dinner later that evening.

The Hotel where we stayed is a converted school house – refurbished bedrooms but maintaining a lot of the old charm and fittings that it might have had back in the late
1700’s. We had the Robert Emmet room, a poet who came to a very sticky end.  This room again like the night before was room 103.

I finally got to see neighbours after 9 weeks – well I got to see it the night before as well
and I had no idea where in the program status it is from when I left home  as I had not seen this episode before I left home. I caught up pretty quick.

We have watched very little TV since we left home – the news mainly but  you do not get any Australian content unless it is a headliner, and you get no weather details either.

Dinner back at the schoolhouse bar was much much busier than when we left it mid afternoon but we managed a table and the waiter (both were good) arranged Col’s last
Guinness, ham and cabbage and Dublin bay prawns and French Sauv Blanc for me. (Australian  prawns have no competition trust me).

Well we retired a bit early as we have an early ferry to catch.  We watched a little Irish TV which is interesting, they have a couple  of reality shows, Irish Dancing and their first Masterchef started Tuesday – very different to the Australian one for any fans of it out there.  Those chosen for the contest took two episodes and audition through a radio station and a couple of other options – is not as interactive as what our judges are in Aus.It also appears they bring  their own food to cook for this part – no Coles or equivalent supporting this part of the competition  from what I can tell.

Well its goodbye pretty Ireland – I will be back one day that is for sure.  Jacky

As it turned out today was our last in Ireland, not yesterday. Dublin is a disaster to drive
in, as reported before. Nothing had changed while we were away. I still like the place though. We had a couple of drinks, I tried ham and cabbage for dinner. I sort of knew what to expect though.  We then had an early night, not before enduring Master Chef though.
Colin.

Wednesday 7 September 2011 – Thurles and little parishes within (Co Tipperary)

Oh dear the day is another cool one but we step out and discover the rain is not awake as
yet so we head off to the post office and post 2kgs  of crap as Col says back home.  So hopefully the suitcase is a little lighter now. Col cannot believe that we have sent home 6kgs in total and all it really is  postcards, menus and programs from the various places we have been.

Anyway we then head off to buy a souvenir or two 🙂 then off to Thurles, where my Dwyers
come from.  I had emailed the Parish Priest yesterday to see if we could ‘pop’ in for a record search.

We kind of take a side road through ‘Dualla’ as it had some reference to a witness on
another record I discovered so I went and photographed graves for future reference.

The neat little grave yard had a sign to tell dogs to stay out and grave owners had to clear
away wreaths!

Col thought that was hard for the owner of the grave to do that and I wondered how to
convince the husky looking dog that jumped the cemetery fence as we entered it
that he was not allowed in there – but he can’t read and Col closed the gate
when he encouraged him out of the graveyard, but the dog just jumped the fence
again and came back in.  So that was that….

We got into Thurles after going through a little parish called ‘horse and jockey’ and had a
look around. We went to the Parish Centre too and saw the lady I sent an email to about my Dwyer records –I need to send another email with details as family history research is not a priority of the priest – I think that needs to be rectified but anyway hopefully I will get  some info back when I get home.

I then found a dress shop and at last one dress for one of our grand daughters  and asked the man of the house to help me decide if it was suitable for Matilda  – he did pretty ok for a bloke. We came outvand the rain woke up and joined us big time.

We found ourselves a little café and had a sandwich and tea and the rain disappeared so we continued on with a visit to the old  Killinan cemetery just near the Thurles racecourse- Kitty told us about it.  It has a reference to a shipping record I have so we went and I photographed some more graves for future reference.

Well we had pretty much completed the circuit now and I have reached the end of the Irish
research road really and will need to write some emails and letters to progress
some leads when I get home.

We arrived back at Cashel around 3 and collected the last of my irish surname bookmarks and time for a suitcase repack so we can ditch this car tomorrow in Dublin to get
ready for Wales.

Sadly we leave Tipperary and Ireland after 16 days.  Tipperary life especially has been what I would call the real Ireland, everyone is friendly, considerate and not in a hurry to get from A to B. They live for the pub scene and their sport, support the local businesses as much as they can despite a recession and they can spot an Aussie accent a mile away.

Goodnight again as we head to the pub for dinner and a pint (well wine for me and
Guinness for Col).

Slán agat Tipperary until we meet again – Jacky

Well today was our last in Tipperary .  I’ve had a great time here, Ireland is one of the places I would definitely want to return to. We are off to Dublin   tomorrow, then Wales –  I can’t believe that our trip is winding down. I think I’ve done pretty ok for a bloke. I’ll be chasing a bit of steam in Wales, besides the obvious. See how we go. Colin.