A morning start for this trip to avoid the road closures on Rugby International day. We were pulled over at one stage by a flurry of police motor cyclists to allow a black 4×4 with blue flashing lights to zoom past. I’m guessing it was the Prince of Wales on the way to his pre-match dinner in town. Why can’t he catch the bus?
I got off near Tescos and walked down and around Hendre Lake. It is the home of the Cardiff Great War Memorial called Life Cut Short in the shape of a tree stump and especially memorializing those soldiers of the 16th battalion Welsh Regiment who died at Mametz Wood.
My book for the day was a series of photographs of Rumney which included some of St Mellons. It looks very different today that’s for sure.
Back up at Tescos I searched in vain for a café. I ended up in a Greggs but not the sort of Greggs I am used to so I ended up causing much confusion. This was a Greggs Outlet. Apparently they sell slightly out of day products at discount prices with some of the profits going to the local community. I asked for a vegan sausage roll not realizing that they don’t sell heated products in a Greggs Outlet nor seemingly individual items. They split open a packet and repackaged me a single more in sympathy I think. So cold out-of-date sausage roll and a mug of tea it was. I’m still alive – thanks for asking.
Cardiff Capers 