I am heading up to Thornhill again today but the No.28 doesnโt take a direct route. Instead it loops around Roath and then Llanishen. Plenty of scope therefore me to choose where to have a walk and a coffee.
Today I chose Roath Park so after going all the way to Thornhill I remained on the No.28 until it returned back to Roath Park Lake. The clock tower in the shape of a lighthouse is a memorial to Captain Scott and his four companions who perished in 1912 having been the second team to reach the South Pole, a month after Roald Amundsen. They must have felt incredibly disheartened coming over the horizon at the South Pole and spotting the Norwegian flag flying there.
It is grey day. Even the cormorants donโt fancy being in the water, instead perched on top of the Scott Memorial drying their wings. I visit to the Terra Nova Cafรฉ, named after Captain Scottโs vessel that took them to the Antarctic. Iโll let you into a secret. He wasnโt on board all the way. He left Cardiff with the others but jumped off in Barry to return to England and do more fundraising for the expedition before catching them up later on board a faster mail-ship.
I had been told the cakes were good in the Terra Nova and there was a large selection on view today.ย I choose a chocolate-creamy thing.ย Why, I donโt know.ย Simply because it looks the most gooey I guess. Never mind taking a minder along on these trips, I think I need to take along a cardiologist. My reading is a book of short stories by Alex Dunlevy.ย I do enjoy the short story format, punchy and cram a lot in to a few pages.
To walk off the cake I did a circuit of the lake and wild gardens before hopping back on the No.28 to complete the route.
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