The No.35 goes up to Gabalfa (the ‘f’ is pronounced like a ‘v’ if you come from outside Wales). I’m guessing this may be one of the shortest Cardiff Bus routes (apart from the odd No.4 route that is).
I alighted at Whitchurch Common. The trip didn’t quite go as planned. I was going to go to the café in Ararat Baptist Church but when I got there they were just shutting so quick change of plan. I had a walk on Whitchuch Common, looked at the plaque detailing how US troops were based here in WWII and the avenue of trees they donated.
I walked over Gabalfa in search of an eatery. I found the Fork and Spoon Café where I had a friendly welcome. There was a long menu took a bit of reading but I ended up choosing a small traditional breakfast and jolly good it was too with the fried bread particularly good.
My book for the day was The World’s Greatest Mistakes full of amusing anecdotes, more about scams than mistakes in all honesty. There were stories about how scammers sold the Eiffel and how a Lloyds Bank worker in Switzerland lost £32 million on foreign exchange bets and walked away a free man after his trial.
As I had walked over from Whitchurch Common to Gabalfa I had to walk back there to make sure I completed the No.35 route. All good exercise to walk off the breakfast.
Cardiff Capers 