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    Chitty's discombobulating and intoxicating Welsh glamping expedition.

    Arrived the night before the European Cup final hoping the escape the football hysteria that had descended on the U.K and found our luxurious hotel on the beach with five stars, that could be shining through the roof at night full off Scousers.
    The ones that couldn't steal a car or hitchhike to Kiev had descended en-mass upon our hotel, must have been the free sky T.V.
    Luckily I had packed the glamping gear so all was not lost unless you were from Liverpool.

    The Hotel
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    The car nearly exploded twas that packed.
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    Stopped off enroute at Ffestiniog, the land of three eyes, peculiar limps and a very old railway..
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    A few random pics on the way..

    An old Roman Bridge
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    A pair of abandoned chav Adidas flip flops
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    Sheep shagger boots , free to good home..
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    Spot of cliff diving anyone?
    It has been a sweltering week apart from that hurricane last Saturday..but that's another story.
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    Settled in and the first camp is up, bbq time.
    That's us on the right,nice view of Harlech and Shell Island.

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    The sun is setting and the Welsh Dragon is hotting up.
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    So as a modern parent the plan is quality family time and NO internet, phones, tablets, wifi etc.
    That's why i chose this location, arggg three kids going wifi cold turkey

    The first couple of days were the worst, but there was loads to do being located next to a barn farm play centre.
    Kept them busy during the day with all the different animals and birds of prey.
    Oh did i mention a hurricane, yes that kept us busy one night with the tents flying away.

    1000 bank holiday not so happy campers abandoned their camping gear and got in their cars and went home on Saturday night.
    The skips were full of tents etc

    A few pics from the first campsite...

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    A one stop entertainment shop..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chittychangchang View Post
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    Some nice imagery there CCC. I liked the repetition of railway lines in this one.

    DJPat would have spotted that instantly as 'narrow gauge'.

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    Cheers David.

    4 am and I was awoken by a tent collapsing on me.

    The hurricane had struck,most abandoned their gear and retreated homewards.

    Not the Changsters!

    We braved it out and where rewarded with a relatively quite bank holiday weekend and a scorcher of a week.


    Harlech beach with the Snowdonia mountain range in the distance.
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    Families camping here from all over the world
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    Our second camp opposite the beach
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    Kids enjoying the warm sea at sunset
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    Cheers Chitty.


    When I was very young we used to go to Tenby on our holidays.

    Probably all squashed into a car and miserably sleeping in tents, just like that.



    Had tickets to see Nirvana play in Cardiff for 8th April 1994, unfortunately Kurt went a bit click-click with a shotgun so the family made the travel tickets into a family holiday in Snowdonia. Think I still have scars off the fookin' dry fake ski slope up there.


    Looking forward to the rest, cheers.

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    Nice pics, Chitty. These occasional threads remind you just what a beautiful part of the world the UK is (when it's not pissing down and 4c in May).

    Btw, I can see Dill having some Photoshop fun with one or two of those pics.

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    Nice pics CCC,but thought you where going Glamping not chav camping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I can see Dill having some Photoshop fun with one or two of those pics.
    Was thinking the exact same.


    Just not fully sure who's gonna behind those sheep.

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    I noticed djpat at the train station bothering cats

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    The first couple of days were tough mainly due to screen cold turkey.

    Up with the birds and sleep after sunset.

    Lots of fresh sea air and fun.

    Of course a few beers, Shell Island has its own brew...
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    The island is cut off from the mainland when the tide comes in .
    Time to get onit like a car bonnet
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    Plenty of things to do when you put your mind to it , but first a spot of Chitty's speciality sphegetti bolognese with a view.

    Followed by an evening entertainment of rock constructions, making fire lord of the rings stylee and visiting the local pagan sea, fire and land festival.
    Fooking weird friendly bunch of local folk who seemed very keen to keep me around for the ceremonial wicker bonfire...

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    Random bike pic coz it's the TT isle of Man weekend. .
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    Very interesting thread.

    Thanks for taking your time to put it together.

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    Great thread, chitty. Keep the pics & stories coming! Kids on a tech detox - that must've been tough - so kudos to you & the kids for surviving it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post
    Great thread, chitty. Keep the pics & stories coming! Kids on a tech detox - that must've been tough - so kudos to you & the kids for surviving it.
    Just like quitting any addiction the first couple of days were sometimes problematic. But the great outdoors took everyone's mind of it.
    Turned out to be one off the best weeks in a long time for the Changsters.
    More coming when I get the time...

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    Btw Dill will struggle to surpass his photoshopping skills in the Man City Thread when we got beat by Liverpool and my quadruple went Pete tong.
    Fooking b'stard
    Oh and if someone can send me a pic of Dill, I will take up a new hobby and learn how to photoshop

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    Enjoying the thread, CCC. Keep 'em coming.

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    Nice one.

    We'll be doing something similar over summer - this thread has actually reminded me I need to get cracking on sorting out a caravan.

    Usually we rent a lake/beach house but going back to basics this time and really looking forward to it.

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    ^^^I thought you were darker & had afro hair, chitty.

    I haven't seen pics of Dill's face - only of his abs. Just use the abs & put the face of his avatar, for your photoshopping practice.

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    Dill has Abs?

    Yes I am darker, I'm black as the ace of spades after a scorching week in deepest darkest Wales.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katie23
    I haven't seen pics of Dill's face - only of his abs
    Correction: ab, singular not plural.


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    Good stuff! All looks ripe for hiking, camping and ch ch ch chillin'

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