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Double A Takes the UK | Part III

On The Road, United Kingdom

The ruined watch tower

We got up early the next morning to have a quick breakfast before we hit the road. Birmingham to Pembrokeshire is around a 4 hour drive and we wanted to get to the house at a decent time. By 10am after morning traffic, we were on the road to Wales. During the first few minutes in the car I was calculating how much gravol one could safely shovel down my throat to stop car sickness for 4 hours (hint it was a lot haha). The winding, twisting roads of England and Wales did not set well with my body the first week I was there.

The drive didn’t start out overly picturesque. The first hour of our journey had us on motor ways until we hit close to Cardiff, Wales. From there we hit the country roads and it got extremely beautiful. While no horses were seen, I did scream “OMG SHEEP” about 500 times because “hello”, I had never seen so many adorable sheep in varying sizes and colours. I was in absolute heaven.

The roads were all very beautiful as we winded in and out of the valleys heading between hills and mountains. No roads can be straight in the UK. Not sure if that’s a law or something but let me tell you, it sure feels like it was. You also never seem to go over anything unless you live at the top of a hill or mountain, I don’t think we hit a drastic incline once while on our journey.

The adorable town with the amazing sandwich shop!

As we got closer to our destination we stopped in an adorable little town called Llandovery. We parked up by a ruin of a watch tower and got out to stretch our legs. At this point of the journey we were hungry so we went hunting for some food. While Ed was able to find food at the small corner shop, I however wasn’t able to find a pescatarian option. We walked along the high street in search of another shop or cafe to find something for me to eat. We found an adorable cafe in which I would have the most delicious, life-changing fish sandwich one could ever have. I still talk about it to everyone and bring it up often. Who knew I could be like Joey from Friends and literally fall in love with a sandwich!

After our lunch, we both wanted to give the ruined watch tower a quick tour before heading off, which would soon turn into a bad idea. After climbing to the top of the hill and enjoying the gorgeous view it had to offer over the town, my shoes decided this would be the perfect moment to stop gripping, causing me to slip and slide to the bottom of the hill on my butt. Not my finest moment while others watched and I did the walk of shame to the car.

After that little mishap and a lot of baby wipes to clean off the mud, we went on our way for the last leg of the journey. We got to the house a little after dark and got settled in. Headed out to grab a few quick groceries so we had something to eat for dinner and breakfast the following day before settling in for the night. Tomorrow the adventures started!

A few images from the road trip

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