Father Christmas came through the village of Cowbridge near our house today with a few of his raindeer in to kick off the Christmas season.
Last night we participated in a local 'roving dinner' with the 10 homes in the Clemenstone farm area where we live. It was great fun! We started at a single house for drinks and then split up spending different courses with different groups until we all met up again around midnight for drinks and music again. It had been raining hard all day and the roads were flooded - a lot of water even for here! Below are a couple of pics from this morning where the water has dropped. The videos give you an idea of the water levels on the road last night!
The local college - Atlantic College offers free one on one swim sessions for kids during the school term, Its one of they ways their students give back to the local community. Hunter and Noah have been going since school started on saturdays. Since the pool is right down near the water we often explore around the the beach area after the 30 min class. Here are a few different pictures on different days.
Porthcawl is another south wales coastal town about 10 miles west of our house. Today was clear so we decided to head over and check out the waterfront area. We were there late morning/mid day and it was low tide. There is a nice boardwalk, with lots of rocky scrambling for most of the beach area, but also a nice sandy bay that we plan to check out next summer when the weather gets warm again. After exploring we all had hot drinks - Coffee for Kelly and I, hot chocolates for the kids (but they liked to pretend it was coffee).
My first rugby game at Millennium stadium in Cardiff! Wales vs Argentina in the fall friendlies games. Notice the ball between the uprights in one photo.
Halloween night turned out to be a rain out this year, but luckily we went out and had a great time on the 30th at Dyffryn Gardens where they had a kids Halloween event complete with graveyard walk, face painting, magic shows... the works.
