Triumphant Trip

Seen in Wales this weekend. A wonderful old Triumph Herald. These cars were first manufactured by Standard Triumph in 1959, and remained in production (in various versions and updates) until 1971 when its style was considered out of date. Wikipedia has some interesting history and facts about this motor car which always brings floods of memories everytime Rose and I see one on the road.

More from Wales

A chimney sweep outside of Wrexham Cathedral. He was at the entrance waiting for a bride and groom to appear, after being married inside - it is apparantly good luck for a bride to see a chimney sweep on her wedding day, here in Wales. That was part of our 'learning something new every day' for today. Why is it considered good luck? Apparantly Ging George III was in a runaway carriage, and a watching chimney sweep was the only one with presence of mind to stop the horses. So the King declared that chimney sweeps were good luck, and before long, they were being asked to hang around churches at weddings. Nice little side business - get the dirty fella to bring luck to the bride. Here is a link.

The narrow Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford on the canal near Trevor Basin (or Treffor in Welsh) and in the Llangollen area of Wales. We walked across and back again. Built just more than 200 years ago, and ten years in its construction, this is the highest canal aquaduct in Britain. It was the last major civil work built by Telford, and completed in 1805.

Climb Every Mountain

Snowdon in Llanberis (chlanberis is the pronunciation) and a view we saw yesterday as good friends Derek and Anne Jones took us on a lovely day of driving around the northern part of Wales.