Wales

We detoured into Wales for one night. On the way to Monmouth (where we stayed) we stopped at Tintern Abbey. There is a whole story behind why the abbey is in such bad condition these days but I'll let Ewen write about that when he does his blog. all you need to know from me is that it was fascinating to walk through the abbey and that occasionally you can still see where they had shelving or an oven or a fire place. in the entire building there were originally only three buildings where fires could be lit and monks were only allowed in one of these rooms to huddle around the fire and try to get warm.
We drove on to Monmouth and spent the afternoon walking around the town and then had a pub dinner. Our hotel was above a pub and we had a nice room with wifi, a TV and an ensuite BUT our bathroom only had a very very small bath and no shower. how do people cope without showers???????

You've got to love the Welsh language

Tintern Abbey

Ewen at Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey

Beautiful Tintern Abbey

Me at Tintern Abbey

Our hotel in Monmouth

Ewen on a bridge in Monmouth

Monmouth

Ewen's Welsh burger

My Welsh fish & chips