Our 1st Big Adventure

Hi everyone, I'm back!

We're still at home, but thought I'd tell you about the first exciting trip I took with Charlie. By the way, Charlie's a bit younger than me, but more about us again. Let's get on with the story.

 Our first Big Adventure was planned by our owner (Mrs C) to celebrate our maker's (Mr P) 50th birthday. It was mad at home leading up to the big day. So many secrets, so much suspense.
Of course, I knew what was going down. That's the great thing being a teddy, they tell you everything.


Mr P knew we were going on a trip for his big day and was really panicking when we all woke to find a foot of snow! Mrs C stayed calm because we all knew the roads covered in snow didn't matter, we were GOING BY TRAIN!

"Look Charlie, the trains coming... Brrrrrr..."

We were so excited as we set off on the first leg of the journey from Pengam Station to Cardiff Central. We'd got an early start as the snow meant all plans for the day were cancelled, so only the fun bits were left......a perfect teddy day.

Sitting on the window sill 10 stories up!

When we arrived at the Premier Inn at Cardiff, I couldn't believe how tall it was! I know I'm short, but Mr P is six foot and even he looked tiny against this tower block.

Looking down on the city

Our room was on the 10th floor, right at the top, our very own Penthouse Premier Room. The view was fantastical and the snow made it look even more fantastica!
O' that reminds me, what do you call a snowman in the summer?    A puddle...




The next morning, the snow was so deep that even the Trains were getting stuck, but we were out for an adventure, so off to the station we went just stopping for a quick cuppa at Wetherspoons on the way.



A nice warm cuppa in The Prince of Wales at Cardiff



It only took an hour to unfreeze the points to get the train to the platform and we were on our way to Bristol where the very first ever bar of chocolate was made in 1766 by a chap called Mr Fry (not many people know that)

Cardiff Central



Bristol Temple Meads



 

Told you it was TALL!



When we got to Bristol Premier Inn I nearly fainted, it was humungus! 17 floors! Mr P isn't very good with hights so we stayed on floor 13.

On our way from the station Mrs C saw the perfect place for the BBM, (Big Birthday Meal),
a floating restaurant in the Old Dock.



Glassboat Restaurant Bristol

By time we got home at the end of our 3 day snowy, railroad, 2 city extravaganza, Charlie and I knew we were "born to travel".....

Tiddy x